Ironfit secrets for half iron-distance triathlon success
Subtitle: time-efficient training for triathlon's most popular distance
By: Don Fink and Melanie Fink
Contributors: Fink, Melanie
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Guilford, Connecticut
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780762792931
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Ironman triathlon; Training; Ironman triathlong; Psychological aspects; SPORTS & RECREATION / Triathlon; SPORTS & RECREATION / Training
Description: "Why is the Half Iron-Distance the most popular triathlon distance? Because it is the perfect length for busy athletes with demanding career and family responsibilities. Full Iron-Distance races require such painstaking planning and sacrifice that it's difficult to keep life in balance. The Half Iron-Distance is accessible, while remaining challenging.  Also known as the "70.3" for the sum of its 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike ride, and 13.1 mile run, the half-iron triathlon is not simply a race for which an athlete can use a full-iron training regimen chopped in half. Doing so would in no way approach maximizing an athlete's performance. The races are performed at completely different intensity levels, with completely different approaches. As a result, the training is completely different.  IronFit Secrets to Half Iron-Distance Triathlon Success does for the half-iron what Be IronFit has done for the full-iron. It provides three sixteen-week training programs--Competitive, Intermediate, and "Just Finish"--and details everything an athlete needs to know to successfully prepare for and maximize performance at this racing distance. In as little as four months, any athlete can be physically and mentally ready for the world's most popular triathlon challenge"--

"From the world renowned endurance sports coaches and authors of Be IronFit and IronFit Strength Training and Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, a book of time-efficient training programs for the world's most popular triathlon--the Half Iron-Distance"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index.