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You’ve got your goal to complete a triathlon? You’ve looked at what is your strongest and weakest of the 3 triathlon events. Now it’s time to start putting together your training.
When you start planning your triathlon training plan, you want to make the most out of your strengths and reduce your weaknesses, both physically and mentally. Reaching for small goals help you achieve this.
It’s essential to start with your weakest event. Swimming? Get yourself to a pool at least 3-4x a week. The more you are in the water the better. Take a Front Crawl Swim Clinic working on technique. Biking? Get a bike, get fitted properly and find a group to start riding with. Check with your local bike stores. Running? Again, make this 3-4x a week commitment. Put the most time into your weakest event until it catches up to your strong ones.
Lastly, the 4th event of the triathlon is transitions. This is the period going from one event (swimming) to the next event (biking) and to the final event (running). Your body needs to know what it is like quickly switching from one sport to the another using different muscles and more importantly, the same muscles already fatigued.
