Going Long: Training for Triathlon's Ultimate Challenge

Joe Friel, Gordon Byrn

ISBN 10: 1934030066 / ISBN 13: 9781934030066

Verlag: VeloPress, 2009

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Internationally recognized triathlon coach and best-selling author Joe Friel teams up with ultra-endurance guru Gordon Byrn in Going Long, the most comprehensive guide to racing long-course and Ironman-distance triathlons. Combining science with personal experience, Friel and Byrn prepare anyone, from the working age-grouper to the podium contender, for success in triathlon's ultimate endurance event.

Whether you are preparing for your first long-course triathlon or your fastest, Going Long will make every hour of training count.

• 40 sport-specific drills to improve technique and efficiency
• Updates to mental training
• Key training sessions, workout examples, and strength-building exercises
• A simple approach to balancing training, work, and family obligations
• A new chapter on active recovery, injury prevention and treatment

Going Long is the best-selling book on Ironman training. Friel and Byrn guide the novice, intermediate, and elite triathlete, making it the most comprehensive and nuanced plan for Ironman training ever written. Going Long is the best resource to break through an Ironman performance plateau to find season after season of long-course race improvements.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

Joe Friel is the most trusted endurance sports coach in the world. He is the best-selling author of The Triathlete's Training Bible, The Cyclist's Training Bible, Fast After 50, Going Long, Your Best Triathlon, The Power Meter Handbook, and Your First Triathlon. His TrainingBible Coaching service is one of the most successful and respected in endurance sports.

Joe has trained endurance athletes since 1980, including national champions, world championship contenders, and Olympic athletes in triathlon, duathlon, road cycling, and mountain biking.

He is an elite-certified USA Triathlon and USA Cycling coach and holds a master's degree in exercise science. He conducts training and racing seminars around the world and provides consulting services for corporations in the fitness industry. He has also been active in business as the founder of Ultrafit, an association of coaching businesses; TrainingPeaks, a web-based software company; and TrainingBible Coaching.

Gordon Byrn lives in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Going Long: Training for Triathlon's ...
Verlag: VeloPress
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Used; Good
Auflage: 2. Auflage