Training for a tri

Step 1: Start by practising each discipline for 20 minutes.
Step 2: Increase the time to 40 minutes as your stamina improves.
Step 3: Practise the weakest of the three sports at least two or three times a week, concentrating on your skill, stamina and co-ordination. Practise the other disciplines just once to maintain fitness. Keep doing this until you’ve noticed an improvement in your weakest sport.
Step 4: Practise swimming in open water and U-turns on your bike.
Step 5: Practise some ‘brick’ sessions where you do two disciplines back to back. Remember, the most important session is the 45-minute cycle ride followed by a 15- to 20-minute run.

If you’re interested, there’s still time to enter the London Triathlon on 26th August through various charity organisations. For more information, log on to www.thelondontriathlon.com. To find a triathlon club in your area, click on www.britishtriathlon.org

To find out more about triathlon training read Triathlon 101, by John Mora and Karen Smyers, and Triathlon for Women, by Sally Edwards.

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