Sunday 10-minute warm-up jog; Super-sprint triathlon; 10-minute warm-down and stretch

The sprint schedule training sessions in full:Swim | Bike | RunWeek 1Monday Day offTuesday Swim 1Wednesday Bike 4Thursday Run 1Friday Swim 4Saturday Bike 1Sunday Run 4Week 2Monday Day offTuesday Swim 1Wednesday Bike 4Thursday Run 1Friday Swim 4

If you think you're not ready to face the challenge of your first triathlon, fear not. We asked coach Ralph Hydes (ralph-hydes.com) to design a manageable 10-week programme for sprint and Olympic distance. Ralph has been a personal trainer since

the newsletters to our excellent 10-week training schedules for sprint- and Olympic-distance races. We’ve also given each newsletter a theme to get you up to speed on every aspect of triathlon training in time for race day.The first newsletter will kick off

other runs.If you're training for a triathlon, you need to do a more even mix of swimming, cycling and running. Try to maintain a balance in your schedule. If you're coming to triathlon from running, that usually means cutting your normal run volume

.Most events fall into one of three racing distances (see below), though some fixtures also offer a super-sprint (shorter than sprint) or middle-distance (between Olympic and Ironman) option. Triathlon Race DistancesSprint750m swim, 20K bike ride, 5K run

and different disciplines combine to make triathlon fantastic fun as well as a goal anyone can achieve. And the great news is that you already have the skills to tackle a swim, bike and run - so start training now.We created the two schedules - Sprint

you need to maintain fitness and muscle memory.Build your way backIf you haven't trained for a week or more, start where you left off and do an abbreviated buildup, shortening the schedule but including the essentials. "Speed and power are the first

.The ScheduleThis schedule is designed for triathletes who have completed at least a sprint-distance triathlon. The training sessions feature various paces: Talking Pace (TP) - while jogging or cycling you could have a conversation with another person; Pause

Jelly legs. That dreaded feeling you encounter when you hop off the bike and onto the run affects every triathlete but it is possible to reduce the dead-leg feeling by training. Back in the 1980s, when triathlon took off in England, early pioneers