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GIFT #1-Free Sprint Triathlon Training Program!
“Try a Tri” and Reach Your Health and Fitness Goals!

(From www.Active.com)

Before you read this…make sure you have been running (or biking) consistently.  If you need to start a running program, check out Running from Scratch. 

Also, if you are brand new…check out Getting Started

Ok, so you want to do a sprint length triathlon?  To start the final 13 week program leading up to a sprint tri, you will need to be able to consistently sustain the following:  20min swim, 30min bike, 20min run.  If you can do the previous, then you are ready for the final 13 week program for a sprint triathlon.  These minutes might seem ‘long’ but I am assuming that you are going at a leisurely pace and NOT working on speed at this stage of the game.  SO, by doing the 20-30min of each sport, I am hoping you will be at least meeting the mileage.  You may very well exceed it – that’s ok, you will then be better prepared.

Pre-Sprint Training Program

Leading up to these final 13 weeks for a sprint-length triathlon, you should be running and swimming 2-3 times per week.  For a sprint triathlon, you can get away with biking 1-2 times a week.  For those who have just learned how to run consistently 15-25 minutes, follow the following transitional training example program and design a program where you run, bike and swim 2 times a week (not necessarily in that order) increasing your swimming and biking from a few minutes to 20-30minutes.

Start NOW!

Week: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
1 Swim-X  

Run-20

Off Bike-X Run-20 Swim-X Off Bike-X
2 Swim-X+10%  

Run-

22

Off Bike-X+10% Run-22 Swim-X+10% Off Bike-X+10%
You already know how to run, so you must work in the biking and swimming while only increasing in these events by no more than 10% a week.  Once you have gotten up to 20min swim (forward crawl – no stopping), 30min bike, and 20min run , then you may start the final 13 week program.  Getting up to these levels might take a month or several depending what you are strong in.  Be patient.  Swimming might take the longest.  Once you have achieved these levels, it is usually a good idea to sustain them for a month or so before going on into the final 13-week sprint training program. 

Sprint 13-Week Training Program

This is the program designed for the authors mother who was running her first sprint triathlon.  She was 59 years old and started from scratch in the fall of 2001.  If she can do it, you can!**

Remember, you may definitely overshoot the mileage by the end of this program, but this program is for everybody and especially for beginners OF ALL AGES!!!.  It is not based on speed but on endurance.  You can go as slow as you want.  This is your first triathlon, and the goal is to just finish and to HAVE FUN!!!

If you need some reference on mileage to minutes:  I am a slow, leisurely runner and it takes me 40 minutes to run 4 miles.  One runs max 45 minutes in this program, so runners slower than me (and I am slow) can definitely do this program.  However, if you find you can do a longer length tri during the middle of the following program, than sign up for a longer one!

By the way, if you can’t do all the minutes – DON’T WORRY!!!  45 minutes running or 35 minutes swimming does sound like a lot.  Do your best.  On race day, you will get a great extra boost from the environment.  Being that swimming is first, I know you will be able to do the distance even if you have only maxed out at around 20-30 minutes (just make sure you have done the 0.6miles in the pool as you can’t really stop in the event).  Biking is easy at these distances – even under minimal training.  Running…you can stop to walk as much as it is needed if you want…you are allowed.  I THINK YOUR GONNA BE ALRIGHT!!!

For a typical sprint triathlon (~0.5mile swim, 12mile bike, 3mile run), here are some results of the best and worst times from ages 15 to 70:

Swim:  10-35min    Bike:  30-55min    Run: 18-45min  Total: 55-135min

Final 13 Weeks!!!

Starts April 18th

Week: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Total
1 Swim-15 Off Bike-35 Run-20 Swim-30 Off Bike-40 160
Run-20
2 Swim-20 Off Bike-35 Run-20 Swim-30 Off Bike-45 175
Run-25
3 Swim-20 Off Bike-30 Run-25 Swim-35 Off Bike-45 180
Run-25
4 Swim-20 Off Run-25 Swim-25 Bike-45 Off Run-30 175
Bike-30
5 Swim-25 Off Run-25 Run-30 Swim-30 Off Bike-45 185
Bike-30
6 Run-15 Off Bike-25 Run-15 Bike-25 Off Swim-20 100
REST Wk.
7 Run-15 Off Bike-30 Bike-25 Run-20 Off Swim-25 115
Open Water
8 Swim-25 Off Run-35 Bike-50 Swim-30 Off Run-35 210
Bike-35
9 Swim-25 Off Run-25 Swim-30 Bike-35 Off Run-35 205
Bike-35 Run-20
10 Swim-30 Off Bike-45 Run-45 Swim-35 Off Bike-60 245
Run-30
11 Swim-20 Off Run-25 Bike-35 Swim-20 Off Bike-55 215
Bike-30 Run-30
12 Swim-20 Off Off Run-30 Bike-45 Off Swim-20 115
Open Water
13 Off Bike-15 Off Swim-15 Run-15 Off Race!!! 45
Sprint Distance: Swim – 400 meters (1/4mi), Bike – 14mi, Run – 3.1mi


GIFT #2-”EIGHT STEPS TO CREATING YOUR BEST LIFE!”

This FREE eCourse comes to you from my own need to put together all the things I was learning so I could increase my own understanding of how the Universal Laws worked in our life (whether we know of them or not!).  I have enjoyed putting these “8 steps to Positive Life Change” together and am “piloting” them with a weight loss group at the Y where I work.  So far its going great!!! I see lots of ah ha’s and light bulbs going off to my great satisfaction!  Plus we are having fun!

If you want to take an “amazing journey” to creating the positive changes you desire, this would be a great place to begin!  These steps will work for anything you wish to intend and create for yourself and your life.  Just print off the steps here and follow the directions, and most of all, have fun with it!

I would love to hear if they were helpful and how!  Thanks so much for being here!

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GIFT #3-A PHOTO SHOW OF YOUR LIFE (AS YOU INTEND IT TO BE)

I am very excite about this one!  Mind Movies are all the rage right now and I think they are just great.  They take the cut and paste version of a vision board, and make it into an even more powerful tool for manifesting your goals and dreams.

My version is very simple to do.  It uses the photo show technology you may have already used for your online photos of special events in your life.  Well, there is no event more special than your own life!  This tool will get you emotionally charged up in your visualization of the life you desire and deserve to have and its so much fun!

Here is my photo show/vision board so you can see an example:

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/Mn4ZP8ar

Now, create your own! Here are the steps:

Click on the link “Create Your Own Show” from the link above.

1.  Gather and save the photos you want to use on your computer
2.  Arrange the photos in the order you want to view them
3.  Provide inspiring affirmations to each photo
4.  Add inspiring music

Wa la!  You are good to go!  Have fun with this!  As always, please let me know how this has been helpful!

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