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| Going Long: Training for Ironman-Distance Triathlons (Ultrafit Multisport Training Series) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Joe Friel, Gordon Byrn
Publisher: VeloPress
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 20209
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 1931382247
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.4257
EAN: 9781931382243
ASIN: 1931382247
Publication Date: March 2003
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Product Description
This book guides weekend triathletes in getting the most out of their training time and helps serious triathletes get maximum physical and mental benefit from training. Chapters cover the basics of training and fitness; training specifics for swim, bike, and marathon; mental strategies; and more. Sample training plans, photographs, charts, tables and case studies are also included.
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 Ahmmm....needs more work October 30, 2008
After reading Joe Friel's Triathlete's Bible, this book looks like a puzzle. The information in it is very good, but is given in a so unstructured way, that the reader have to go back and forth to put the pieces together. It's a book that one who is getting prepared for Ironman should read, but not really needed if you have read the Bible from Friel.
 Great book September 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is very informative and helpful to those making the transition to Half and Ironman distance tri's. I would have given this book a five star if I didn't already have Gale Bernhardt's training plans for multisport athletes. All the info in Going long is in Gale's book. They obviously consulted one another when writing their respective books. I recommend Gale's book if you plan on doing different distance Tri's. Joe's book is more specific to the Ironman distance athlete. Good luck and always ride with a tailwind.
 If you want to go for the long distance - it will help you to suffer with style June 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Going Long: Training for Ironman-Distance Triathlons (Ultrafit Multisport Training Series)
is a superb book for any athlete (beginner or pro)! Specially I liked the chapter about the mental training for the Ironman competition. I only can recommend it! Happy training!
Great Book !! April 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The problem when you start training for a long endurance event like the Ironman is that every second athlete has his or her own opinion and way of training. This confused me a lot.
I decided to seek some professional help and use this book to train for my first Ironman and I can honestly say this book is remarkable. The level of detail is intense, so you have to be patient and read some sections several times to really grasp and remember all the advice given in the chapters, i.e. nutrition, discipline-specific training techniques, etc.
You also need to apply the knowledge with some common sense, because it has been written with advice for every athlete from novice to elite. So make sure you know where you fall on the scale and what you want to achieve and use the advice that is applicable to you.
But, in general, I found the training principles in this book to be accurate and now that I have completed an Ironman I can say that they work. Lately I have discovered that many of the Ironman athletes I meet also used this book to train from.
So you can buy and use it with confidence. Good luck!
good Intradution to ironman September 15, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Is agood book to reed and ,you can extract many positive advise,good review on diet.
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