The Triathlon Plan Anyone Can Do! (Yes, Even You)
If you can walk a mile, swim a lap, and bike around town, you can finish one of these races. Just follow our three-month program.
By Jeanine Detz
This is it. These are the final four weeks of your triathlon training. (If you missed month one or two, click below for the training plans.)
Click herefor the beginner's training calendar month 1
Click here for the complete training calendar for month 2
By now we bet you've learned a few things--that shaving even a few seconds off your swim time is worth celebrating, how incredible biking is for your butt, and how it's possible to actually look forward to your workouts.
This month, as you put together everything you've done during your first 60 days of training, remember those feelings and how far you've come. You thought you could do it when you started, and now you know your first swim-bike-run race is within reach. Follow our plan and we'll get you--stronger, faster, and more confident--across the finish line.
Click here for the complete training calendar for month 3
Track Your Progress
Use our log pages to record your workouts.
Find a Race!
Whether you want to stick close to home or travel somewhere new, there's a triathlon for you. Click here to find yours.
Training Tips
Click here for motivating tips from Lindsey Hyman, a Level 1 USA triathlon coach with Carmichael Training Systems in Colorado Springs, Colorado, who designed our training plan.
Need more support?
Get tips on everything from swimming drills to what to eat on race day from the pros at Carmichael Training Systems. trainright.com
© 2008 Weider Publications, LLC, a subsidiary of
Submit a comment
READER COMMENTS
A 50 is 50 yards. In most pools, this is one lap, down and back. You do this 6 times with 20 seconds rest.
— Anonymous
I LOVE Shape magazine! You make the most straight forward fitness plans and information very accessible. Thank you for putting this training plan on-line for all us aspiring triathletes to use!
— Natalie
As a beginner I don't know some of the terminology used in the training program. Such as Drills, Kick, and Main Set. When you have something listed as Drills 6 x 50 w/ :20 rest. I assume that means I do 6 sets with 20 seconds in between but what is the 50?
— Anonymous
see all comments>