The Triathlete's Training Diary [Spiral-bound]

Joe Friel (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2007

Endurance athletes of all ages and ability levels invest countless hours in tough rides and workouts so they can race farther and faster from year to year. Whether they work with a coach or train independently, triathletes rely on their training log to tell them when to push harder and when to back off. With all of the recent technological advancements in training, it is more important than ever to have a place to consolidate training data, track progress, reshape goals throughout the season, and, perhaps most importantly, listen to the way the body responds from day to day.

Designed with collaboration from triathletes and coaches, this next generation of training diary will make it easier than ever to record and interpret every component of multisport training and is a companion to Joe Friel's bestselling book The Triathlete's Training Bible. Coach Joe Friel gives athletes a thorough introduction to the essential details of training and keeping a log. For athletes who are designing their own annual training schedule, he provides a guide to planning the entire season.

With 53 undated weekly spreads, these diaries are the most comprehensive training logs available with space for:

• every training detail, from weather conditions to resting heart rate and daily nutrition
• charts to organize race results and fitness indicators
• physiological test results such as VO2max and lactate threshold
• two-a-day workouts and weekly summary data specific to triathlon

The Triathlete’s Training Diary takes training seriously. Athletes can be confident that they will be better prepared for competition and have insight to the progress made along the way.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Whatever your goals as a triathlete, you need a place to record your workouts and the way your body responds to training from day to day. The Triathlete’s Training Diary will help you make every workout count.

 

Joe Friel, triathlon’s most accomplished coach, guides you through the essential details of logging your progress toward your goals. If you are designing your own annual plan, Joe provides instructions for mapping out each training block and season.

 

Use this diary to:

• Monitor daily vital signs -- sleep, fatigue, stress, and soreness -- to protect against overtraining
• Plan a full calendar year of training and racing on a fold-out spread
• Record every detail of each swim, bike, run, crosstraining, and strength workout, with space for multiple workouts and weekly and monthly summaries
• Highlight your accomplishments by tracking race results

 

The Triathlete’s Training Diary is the ultimate training companion. It will help you identify patterns in your performance and give you valuable insight on when to push harder and when to back off, making you a smarter faster triathlete.

About the Author

Joe Friel's TrainingBible Coaching company is one of the most respected and successful in endurance sports. Joe has been training endurance athletes since 1980, including national champions, world championship contenders, and Olympic athletes in road cycling, mountain biking, triathlon, and duathlon. Joe is an elite certified USA Triathlon and USA Cycling Coach and holds a master’s degree in exercise science. Joe is a featured columnist for VeloNews and Inside Triathlon magazines and his articles and interviews appear in dozens of national and international magazines, newspapers, and websites. Joe conducts training and racing seminars around the world and online and provides consulting services for corporations in the fitness industry. He has also been active in business as the founder of Ultrafit, an association of coaching businesses, Training Peaks, a web-based software company, and Training Bible Coaching.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 260 pages
• Publisher: Velo Press (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934030074
• ISBN-13: 978-1934030073
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #29 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Exercise & Fitness > Triathlons
  • #31 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Individual Sports > Triathlon

More About the Author

"Joe Friel has trained endurance athletes since 1980. His clients include elite amateur and professional road cyclists, mountain bikers, and triathletes and duathletes located around the world. He has a masters degree in exercise science, is an Elite-level USA Cycling Coach, and serves on the USA Triathlon Coaching Certification Committee.

Joe is the author of The CompuTrainer Workout Manual, The CyclistÂ’s Training Bible, and The TriathleteÂ’s Training Bible. He is a contributing editor to Inside Triathlon and VeloNews and frequently writes feature stories for Performance Conditioning for Cycling. He has written a weekly fitness column for the Fort Collins Coloradoan newspaper since 1981.

As an age-group competitor, Joe is a Colorado State Masters Triathlon champion, a Rocky Mountain region and Southwest region duathlon age-group champion, and is a perennial USA Triathlon All-American duathlete. A member of several national duathlon teams, Joe is a top five contender in world class events. In addition, he competes in road running and United States Cycling Federation races.

Joe speaks at workshops around the country on training and racing for endurance athletes and provides consulting services for corporations in the fitness industry. For information on coaching, speaking, or consulting services, contact him by email at [e-mail] or fax him at 970-204-4221.

From his home at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Fort Collins, Colorado, Joe enjoys mountain biking in the foothills with his wife Joyce, trail running with friends, and riding with his son Dirk, a professional bike racer."

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better choice, even for Road Cyclists, December 11, 2007

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David T. Webster "Davids_in_Carolina" (Cumberland County, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Triathlete's Training Diary (Spiral-bound)

I'm a runner and cyclist, but I primarily ride. I had the Cyclist Diary in one hand and this one in the other.

They are both by the same author, and they are pretty much the same, except the Triathlete's Diary offers you 2 exercise log sections vs. only one in the cycling.

Even if you are a cyclist only, I recommend this one for that reason (2 rides a day or weight training). Other than that, its the same..at the same price.

Different areas of the book include:

Diary (80% of the book)

Section to write down bike measurements (Road and MNT)

Grid paper for Test Results

Blank Tables for data entry (ie Best Routes info)

Extra PULL OUT Chart section with Weekly Training Hour and a 12 month calender (blank to enter data in)

Hope that helps

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Prefer the older edition, July 9, 2008

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Sheryl L. Chatfield "slccmh" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Triathlete's Training Diary (Spiral-bound)

I used the prior edition/version of the 'Triathlete's Training Diary' for 2 years and, after beginning this version I found that I don't care for it nearly as much. I like the areas of consistency (boxes for sleep, fatigue, stress, soreness, resting HR and weight) and the fact that there is space for 2 daily workouts, but that is about all. I do not like the fact that distance and time are hidden down below 'planned workout' (these were near the top of the entry in the older version). The last version had both time (duration) and time (of day), this one has just a place for time (which is it? I'm guessing duration) and I think time of day is important, especially when you may have 12 hrs rather than 24 hrs between workouts. I don't need two lines for 'planned workout,' I indicate this (often in pencil) in my week's goals or as a small note to the side - what I am entering instead in the log is my actual workout. (I guess I could just cross out the word 'planned'). What do you do if you don't do as 'planned? (Cross it out? Write comments in the 'notes' section?)

I miss having the weather space (I refer back to prior years' weather, especially in the spring; and a windy day can really impact your bike avg speed). I realize that I can fill a lot of this in the 'notes' section but I'm not looking to read a narrative when I glance back to review my old logs. I don't really care about the 'nutrition' section which I used to put in with my notes when I felt it was relevant (which isn't every day as far as I am concerned).

Bottom line, I like having what I see as the critical info near the top of the entry (how long and how far) and, for me, next in importance is how fast (pace; MPH; splits; etc.). I have been searching the web for copies of the old edition and if I can find them I will buy them up. I do not plan to continue using this version.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Keeping up..., January 17, 2008

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This review is from: The Triathlete's Training Diary (Spiral-bound)

This training journal is a great way to keep up with the different workouts for any multisport athlete or anyone who prefers to cross train on a regular basis. There is enough room for each workout (up to 2 per day) and an improvement upon the last edition is the increased space alloted for general notes and a new nutrition section. This training journal is an invaluable tool for my training.