I am an absolute novice in the sport and out of shape. Something about the sport has inspired me to take it, maybe it is the challenge to push our bodies to their limits. Right now l am walking 6 km a day, conditioning my body so that eventually l can get into running 5k. I would like to know what else l can do in my training as a novice ? What mistakes should l avoid ? How do you balance other commitments (engineering school for me) with training ?
Avoid expecting immediate
Avoid expecting immediate results, and appreciate the improvements as they come.
Balance it the same way you balance showering, eating, and reading Facebook. You find time to do those, right? It's a lifestyle which means it's part of your daily routine. OK, maybe not Facebook.
1. Joe Friel's "Triathlete's
1. Joe Friel's "Triathlete's Training Bible" - pick it up and read it all the way through, then keep it as a reference. It covers all that really matters in the sport and you can add your personal preferences after you master it.
2. Organize your time as if Triathlon is your life then make time for everything else.
3. Pay attention to your body and learn how to listen to what it's telling you. As a novice, it is often better to take a day off then push through a hard workout, overtraining can destroy weeks of hard work.
4. Research credible sources and don't believe everything you read, there's a lot of bad advice out there.
5. Surround yourself with people that support you, family, friends or even join a triathlon club.
Hope this helps, Good luck to you!
Good for you! If you are
Good for you!
If you are just starting out, I'd stay FAR away from things like Friel's book. Not that the book's bad, just I'm aways afraid of it scaring people mnore than it helps.
You're at the start of a longer journey, don't rush things. You're walking 6Km already? Why don't you start run walking a bit. I mean "a bit" Something like the following:
walk 1K to warm up, then
job EASY for one minute, walk for three to four minutes, repeat
walk 1K to cool down.
Next week, try and job a little further, maybe 1:15 jog then walk three minutes.
dkhartung wrote:Good for
[quote=dkhartung]Good for you!
If you are just starting out, I'd stay FAR away from things like Friel's book. Not that the book's bad, just I'm aways afraid of it scaring people mnore than it helps.
You're at the start of a longer journey, don't rush things. You're walking 6Km already? Why don't you start run walking a bit. I mean "a bit" Something like the following:
walk 1K to warm up, then
job EASY for one minute, walk for three to four minutes, repeat
walk 1K to cool down.
Next week, try and job a little further, maybe 1:15 jog then walk three minutes.
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I tried what you said. I will do it for a week....and then increase the run time a little bit until l am running all the way. I did 10 minute warm up and then alternated between a 5 minute walk and a 1 minute run. After a week l will increase the run time to maybe 90 seconds or 2 minutes.
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