Duathlon Training and Racing for Ordinary Mortals (R): Getting Started And Staying With It - Softcover

Jonas M.D., Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762778245 ISBN 13: 9780762778249

Publisher: Falcon Guides, 2012

Synopsis

USA-Triathlon, the national governing body for multi-sport racing, is committed to fostering the duathlon as the organization’s “growth sport.” With the full backing of USA-Triathlon—including sections on duathlon history and the forthcoming USA-T program for promoting duathlon—author Steven Jonas has penned the first modern guide for the aspiring multi-sport racer who cannot or simply doesn't want to swim. Well known for his original ground-breaking book Triathloning for Ordinary Mortals, which has sold nearly 50,000 copies in two editions, and his USA-Triathlon Life column “Ordinary Mortals ®: Talking Triathlon with Steve Jonas,” the author covers: how the run-bike-run duathlon works; how to have fun, get and stay fit, and promote your health doing duathlons; the training principles and programs for races of varying lengths, from starting from scratch to Doin' the Du on a regular basis throughout the season, centered on a series of 13-week training programs; finding and choosing your races; the basic techniques of running, cycling and fast walking (which can be used on the run legs in both duathlon and triathlon); equipment; race planning and racing; and duathlon as part of a total program for healthy living. This book provides a wealth of knowledge and inspiration from a 29-season multi-sport racer, a prolific author on the subject, who is also a physician and professor of preventive medicine.

About this title

About the Author

Steven Jonas, MD, MPH, is a professor of preventive medicine at the Stony Brook University School of Medicine on Long Island, N.Y. In addition to the books mentioned above, he has also written 101 Ideas and Insights for Triathletes and Duathletes and co-authored Championship Triathlon Training with top triathlon coach George Dallam, PhD. In 2012 he was starting his thirtieth season of multi-sport racing, having done well over 200 duathlons and triathlons.

From the Back Cover

From the author of the classic Triathloning for Ordinary Mortals(R) comes the first modern guide to training for and enjoying therun-bike-run race that has become USA-Triathlon's growth sport: The Duathlon With the participation of USA-Triathlon, which provided a chapter about its duathlon-promotion program launched in 2012, author Steven Jonas has penned the first modern guide for the aspiring multi-sport racer who simply wants to Do the Du. Well known for Triathloning for Ordinary Mortals(R), The Essential Triathlete, and his USA-Triathlon Magazine column Ordinary Mortals(R) Talking Triathlon with Steve Jonas, the author offers: A brief history of duathlon and a look ahead at the sport's exciting development, written by USA-TriathlonHow to Focus Your Mind for happy, healthy, and successful duathloning How to find and choose your racesFour 13-week training programs, from starting from scratch to staying with it over timeWhat you need to know about technique and equipmentEnjoying your Day at the RacesSome special duathlon experiences, philosophy, and humor from the author and others

Edition details

• Publisher: Falcon Guides
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762778245
• ISBN 13: 9780762778249
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240