Beginner Triathlete - Training articles

Triathlon Coach explains Zone 1 and Zone 2 training and the benefits of each training zone

Comparing Heart Rate Formulas: Age, Karvonen, Leger, MAF and Friel.

These workouts are all designed for beginners and range in length from 400m to 1200m – hopefully providing some useful workouts until you are able to tackle the 2000m+ workouts.

One of the hardest races to ‘pace’ is a half marathon. We know a 5k is pretty much a ‘best effort’ type of race and a marathon is usually run at a long run pace - what about in the middle?

A strong core will allow you to keep optimal body alignment for whatever you’re doing (swim, bike or run), and this in turn will reduce your fatigue in the long run.

If you are a beginner triathlete training for your first triathlon, this article will show you three key swim workouts that you can use for your triathlon swim training.

The essentials of stroke count with respect to freestyle swimming.

Definitely glad this weekend is out of the way as 145 miles of cycling and 27 miles of running in two days is a fair amount.

Learn why two bottles behind the saddle along with and aero drink bottle mount between the aerobars is the best combination of convenience and aerodynamics for HIM and IM racing.

A three month program designed to help beginning swimmers improve technique for a sprint distance race.

Here’s what triathletes can learn from this swimming drill

Heart rate zone training can be challenging when trying to limit your running to a specific zone.

The physics and physiology of high and low cadence cycling. Both low and high cadence work are useful for increasing your “cadence comfort,” or your comfort within a wide range of cadences.

Training plan for Xterra off-road Triathlon