Start Your Triathlon Training - It's Easy

So, you are going to enter the next triathlon event in or near your town this nearly approaching Summer.

You figure that you are already a good swimmer and a competent runner and cyclist, and you feel you have greater energy than the average bear.

And you think that there is no need to think of or plan too much in your triathlon training program.

Then you are an idiot.

You can't expect to be successful at this highly taxing sport of triathlon event without having a good training curriculum.

Which leads to the question: what is involved in a good triathlon training curriculum?

You will have to come up with a triathlon training curriculum tailored to you as an individual, for starters.

To begin with, you have to think of a program that would work best for you as an individual.

Where are you starting from fitness-wise compared to the general run of those who would eventually be your rivals?

What is your initial athletic talent level?

To what extent do you know about the different techniques and methods in training?

What kind of attitude do you posses?

What's your disposition?

You are beginning to see that training for triathlon is not that simple as it seems to be.

The training would demand a certain level of commitment, discipline, perseverance, and patience that an average individual just can't handle.

Once you've addressed the questions above, you then need to come up with a training schedule and training activities for yourself.

Indeed this must be thought about very carefully ahead.

You won't be "shocked" if you are organized and have planned out your training program well.

You cannot wing your triathlon training.

When that day of glory comes, you should be conditioned mentally and physically.

Begin with learning to discipline yourself early on.

During the actual competition it's not for you to choose if you want to run first then swim after and do the cycling last just because you want to.

Don't allow your emotions to take over you because training for an intense sport can reveal a person's deepest passions.

Prepare yourself for what you'll be doing for the next days or weeks so that your subconscious mind can take over and prepare for it.

"Bricks" will also be a part of your triathlon race training.

This is where you really try transitioning between two of the different events.

On the day of the triathlon, you are going to have to do smooth, rapid, accurate transitions from water to bike, from bike to hitting the pavement.

These transitions would involve gear changes.

Once you go deeper into your triathlon training that is the time when you have to prepare for brick training.

During the actual competition you will need an incredible balance of different athletic skills.

Different muscle groups, various types of hand-eye coordination, some speed, some agility, some endurance would all have to come into interactive play.

Do better with your triathlon training in the area where you are not so good at until all is in balance for you.

Avoid overtraining to have more balance.

You'll end up being totally exhausted during the actual competition if you overtrain.

Above anything else, triathlon training programs are more concerned about balance.

Terry Stevennson is an avid writer, fitness consultant and triathlete. He provides technical advice on training for a triathlon to http://www.TriathlonTrainingSchedule.org
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