Triathlon Tips - The Transition Area and Swim Phase

‘Don’t lose your path through fear – Take a Chance’

Triathlon Plain and Simple from Super Sprint to Ironman, is an easy to read guide for Age Group athletes of all shapes, fitness and abilities to help you through your first events, from Super Sprint to Ironman.

From just ‘What is a Triathlon’, to what you can expect on race day, how to prepare mentally and logistically for your race, to what kit you should have on your big day, (as remember it is you and your families big day), to how to get across the finish line to complete your Triathlon or Ironman Triathlon. This book can be an ‘Aide Memoir’ to make it easier and less daunting.

As with this Triathlete, a proper fitting wet suit is essential
(Photo Sportsunday)

Including simple Triathlon tips, and stories

1. How to prepare for your Triathlon, short and long distances, swim, bike, run and finish
2. Check lists for your event Sprint and Ironman kit
3. Advice for the day itself, what to look for in transition
4. Swim to Transition 1 and on to the bike leg
5. The bike leg and how to prepare for Transition 2
6. Transition 2 and the run
7. Tips on hydration and nutrition
8. How to celebrate coming across the Triathlon finish line
9. All the Gear and no idea
10. Punctures do happen
11. “I’m a Muppet; my wet suit is inside out”!
12. The Helvellyn Triathlon, ‘altitude and attitude combined’

Triathlon Plain and Simple explains how to prepare for the common mistakes made in preparation by so many Age Group athletes, what to look for and how to set your self up in a busy transition area. Prepare and plan as much as you can in transition, as on race day you have to find your own place when everybody is in race mode! The good habits needed to ensure you get to your start line for your swim, in a pool or open water.

‘When buying a wet suit, one that suits you is one that fits you’

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Are you doing it to
compete, or complete?

The book is dedicated to everybody who has, and is going to have a go, at the many Triathlon distances and challenges. Getting to the start line in your first Super Sprint or Ironman race takes courage and commitment, getting to the finish line will be a fantastic feeling of achievement.
“I hope the photographs I have used in this book featuring Age Group Triathletes of all age ranges, abilities, shapes and sizes inspire you to have a go, just as they inspire me to be part of the great sport of Triathlon”
- Author Paul Hickman.

No matter which age range you are In, your preparation will need to be as exact as an open water wet suit swim, planning and time keeping is still most essential to maximise your ‘own’ race day in a pool swim. These young ladies have their lane hats ready as per point 5 (in the book).

A busy transition area at the Blenheim Triathlon, now find your bike without planning, especially on race day! Triathlon Plain and Simple explains what to look for when you enter your transition area.

Triathlon Tips - The Transition Area and Swim Phase

Are you doing it to compete, or complete?

Are you doing it to
compete, or complete?