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Start to Finish Ironman Training 24 Weeks to an Endurance Triathlon

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As can be seen in the description, this book assumes its reader is already in very good physical condition as he/she is moving FROM shorter triathlons to a longer "Endurance" or Ironman event. I find it very easy to use the daily training book as a coach pushing down workouts every single day. This leaves no excuse for not getting a solid workout it.
Additionally, the program is properly set up (as would be by 3 very experienced, Olympic-level Ironman athletes/coaches) with Build, IM, Hard, Recovery, Taper and Race Week sections so as to not overtrain and to vary the intensity of the workouts. I think it's great. I'm currently on Week 13 for the second time as I'm doing Louisville this year. Enjoy!

I purchased this book based on the description that it was for beginner or intermediate triathletes ready to move from sprint distance races to olympic or half-iron distance races. The book actually presents a 24-week training plan for an Ironman distance race. There is a lot of great information in the up-front chapters - descriptions of different types of workouts, etc, but if you are not planning to train for an Ironman, the rest of the book may not be very helpful to you.

I used this book and LOVED it! I bought the training bible book too (it was way too much info and I wasn't able to make an "action plan" from it). This book told me what to do daily and how hard to do it. I am half way through and really kicking a** at my ironman training. I started my training with no base. Although I'm in shape, I had no specific swimming or biking or running for at least 5 years and this book has me right where i need to be. I follow it religiously and recommend it hihgly!

I found this book to be helpful as a reference guide. It is a nice quick version of Endurance training and the 24 week training program is good, as it breaks down the workouts into specific training segments.
I am training for my first Ironman and will use this book in conjunction with others to develop a solid training plan.

The plan itself is excellent and I've tried several. It's already making me a better triathlete. However, the writing/editing could be stronger. It's slightly cumbersome, requiring more page flipping and reading between the lines than I'd prefer, but for the modest investment required, the inconvenience is far outweighed by the strength of the plan.

I bought this book on the net after trawling through the many books on the subject. It's always a problem when choosing a book, if will be as described by the author and fit your needs. This book is very well written and gives direct and clear information on how to train for an Ironman event. My reason for purchasing this book was to get a structure for training and it has delivered. I intend to do the Barcelona Ironman in October the rest is up to me because I believe the book should deliver! Try it yourself.

This book helps a lot. It teaches you how to train, when to train, what sorts of things you should do, and different foods to eat. This will help you prepare. It is a great purchase.

The basics of the program and the information contained within this book are solid. However it was poorly edited. Several swim work outs on the schedule are not described in the work out description section. Why would the authors assume knowledge of these workouts, yet take the time to describe other basic workouts? The formatting of the workouts left me guessing on occasion as nomenclature meaning shifted from one day to the next. There's direction to refer to chapters that do not contain the information needed. Not a perfect reference, I hope it gets me to the finish line!

I used this book to plan and train for my first (and only) full Ironman in 2009. I had done many shorter triathlons before but even though I finished an Ironman, I still consider myself a novice. I'd say I did about 70% of the workouts that it recommended and that was enough to finish.

I bought this book several years ago with the intention to do an Ironman sometime in the future. For the last 4 years I was reading the book on and off. Last year I decided to signed for the 2010 Florida Ironman. I used this book as my primary coach (in my case focusing more on the bike and running sections,). The plan is great, easy to understand (sometimes you need to go back to other sections) but in general is simple. The concept of HR training is way better than focusing on a specific pace/mile idea that I used to focused in running training.
The results.... I finished my first Ironman in 10h 26min, feeling strong (marathon in 3h48min, and not walking at all)
I highly recommend this book.....at the same time, you need to follow the plan