Judy and Nicole's excellent performance in the Danskin Triathalon earlier this month got me interested in reading about what it would be like to train for such an event. So I went to the local public library and took out a couple of books on the subject. The first was Triathlon 101 by John Mora. The second was Triathlon Training by Eric Harr. Both covered a lot of the same material: why would one want to run such a race? how much would the equipment cost? how to train and so on. While both were good at providing goals and training schedules that varied from beginner to expert, Harr's assertion that one could be ready to race in 6 weeks on 4 hours a week seemed a bit facile. (Plus Mora has a way better cover, don't you think?) While I can't say that I'm completely sold on the idea of tri-ing this out, we both are interested in getting back into the pool to see what it would be like to do all three activities on a somewhat regular basis.
Judy and Nicole's excellent performance in the Danskin Triathalon earlier this month got me interested in reading about what it would be like to train for such an event. So I went to the local public library and took out a couple of books on the subject. The first was Triathlon 101 by John Mora. The second was Triathlon Training by Eric Harr. Both covered a lot of the same material: why would one want to run such a race? how much would the equipment cost? how to train and so on. While both were good at providing goals and training schedules that varied from beginner to expert, Harr's assertion that one could be ready to race in 6 weeks on 4 hours a week seemed a bit facile. (Plus Mora has a way better cover, don't you think?) While I can't say that I'm completely sold on the idea of tri-ing this out, we both are interested in getting back into the pool to see what it would be like to do all three activities on a somewhat regular basis. 
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