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Triathlon Magazine
Canada September/October 2010 Issue - $4.95
*NEW*
In this issue:
- Les MacDonald's Olympic
Journey
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Canadian Running
Magazine September/October 2010 Issue - $4.95
*NEW*
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The Triathlete's Training Diary
$18.95 Introduction by
Joe Friel.
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 & daily nutrition
- charts to organize race results & fitness
indicators
- physiological test results such as VO2max
& lactate threshold
- two-a-day workouts & 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
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17 Hours to Glory
$26.95 From the
moment the starting gun is fired on Kona's sandy beach at the Ironman®
World Championship, triathletes have 17 hours to cross the finish line.
It’s a feat marking the ultimate achievement in the sport. 17 Hours
to Glory is one of only a few books to commemorate this dramatic
quest. Seventeen compelling stories allow readers to experience the
competition first hand, revealing tremendous athleticism, unbelievable
capacity for suffering, and true strength of character.
The personal stories of triathlon's most epic
characters come to life in this book, beginning with the famous story of
Julie Moss's determination to reach the finish line, paving the way for
future champions like Mark Allen and Paula Newby-Fraser, and a new
generation of superstars in Greg Welch and Chrissie Wellington. 17
Hours to Glory tells the stories of a sedentary secretary with all
of the wrong habits taking up triathlon to lose weight, a nun who races
triathlons to bring attention to her causes, and two men with a rivalry
so intense that their disabilities fade into the shadows. Injury, tough
breaks, and down to the wire finishes highlight years of dedication to
reaching a goal.
Some will become champions, some will overcome all
odds just to finish, only to come back and do it again. Triathlon’s most
dynamic heroes are candidly portrayed in 17 Hours to Glory, a
book that puts no limits on the possibilities of the human spirit.
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The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga
$18.95
by
Sage Rountree
Athletes come to the practice of yoga with muscle
tightness from hours spent training & little time in their weekly
schedules for lengthy sessions. At the height of the season,
they often disappear from yoga classes altogether in favor of
demanding sport-specific training, yet it is then that yoga can be
most beneficial.
Sage Rountree makes it easy for athletes to reap
the benefits of yoga year-round. The Athlete's Pocket Guide to
Yoga is set up to complement a rigorous training schedule.
Athletes will find:
- 5-minute warm-ups to prepare for daily workouts
- Strength sessions for the off-season and base periods
- Flexibility sessions for when training grows more demanding,
including 20-minute flexibility routines designed to follow workouts
- Focus sessions incorporating breath exercises and meditation to
improve recovery and sharpen mental toughness for competition.
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TRIZOPHRENIA
$25.95
by
Jef Mallett
Life is better when you're a triathlete.
That is what author and triathlete Jef Mallett believes and millions
of triathletes around the world agree.
Trizophrenia: Inside the Minds of the Triathlete, by nationally
syndicated illustrator and veteran triathlete Jef Mallett, offers up
the first exploration of the triathlon lifestyle. With the
same humor and insight readers love in his "Frazz" comic strip,
Mallett delves into the intoxicating subculture of the sport that is
three sports.
Mallett unveils the triathlete's
obsessive-compulsive need for the rituals of the sport: eat, swim,
eat, work, eat, ride, eat, work, eat, run, eat, go to bed early.
Get up at dawn and do it all over again.
Packed with illustrations that bring to life
the countless conundrums a triathlete embraces every day, Mallett's
light-hearted declaration of love for his sport will convince anyone
that life is worth living when you're a triathlete. |
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Athlete's Plate
$29.95
by
Adam
Kelinson
Living the active lifestyle
doesn't always leave time to shop for and prepare great
meals. But for fuel-starved endurance athletes, there is
no substitute for real food. In The
Athlete's Plate, professional chef and endurance
athlete Adam Kelinson makes preparing great meals a
pleasure. Kelinson guides readers through the grocery
store and farmer's market, teaching how to shop locally
and in season. In the kitchen, he supplies 85 delicious
recipes designed for quick and easy preparation.
The Athlete's Plate offers
a no-nonsense approach to food, making it easy to eat
well. Kelinson explains the principles of sports
nutrition and how a seasonal, whole-foods shopping
strategy meshes with the endurance sports lifestyle.
The Athlete's Plate offers a worry-free way to
balanced nutrition, incorporating all the nutrients
athletes need to fuel and recover for training and
racing.
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Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes
$29.95 All too
often, runners reach a plateau in fitness because they do the same type
of training, week after week. To see improvements in fitness, athletes
need to vary the kinds of workouts they do. For runners, this means
mixing up endurance runs with hill repeats, intervals, and track
workouts.
Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes is
the perfect tool for self-coached athletes who want variety in their
training. Olympic-level coach Bobby McGee has teamed up with world
champion marathoner Mark Plaatjes to give runners of all stripes a
complete collection of workouts and training plans.McGee explains
precisely how runners can determine their training paces and how to
balance hard days with easy days. Run Workouts for Runners and
Triathletes includes new takes on the workouts that all runners and
triathletes should practice and master, such as track repeats, hill
running, and interval training. In addition to these classic approaches,
McGee includes workouts that reflect his unique and highly successful
methodology. |
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The Athlete's Guide to Yoga
$25.95 Yoga makes
good athletes better. This time-honored discipline imparts flexibility,
balance, and whole-body strength, creating improvements in an athlete’s
form, efficiency, and power. In addition, yoga’s attention to
concentration and breath awareness improves mental focus and mental
endurance—hidden assets that become especially important at the end of a
long training session or race. In The Athlete’s Guide to Yoga,
yoga instructor, endurance athlete, and coach Sage Rountree explains the
benefits that yoga can bring to every training program. With hundreds of
color photographs featuring more than 100 poses, this book treats common
problem areas to make athletes stronger in their sport. Rountree helps
athletes see progress from just 10 minutes of yoga each day. In an
engaging and easy-to-follow style,
The Athlete’s Guide to Yoga presents:
- warm-up and cool-down routines for
workouts
- simple poses to specifically target areas
of inflexibility and overuse
- breath and meditation exercises
- different types of yoga for each phase of
training
- recommendations for intensity and volume
of yoga workouts throughout the training year
- a 15-minute DVD featuring warm-up and
cool-down routines for everday
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Training and Racing with a Power Meter 2nd Edition
$31.95 In only a
few short years, power meters have become an essential training tool for
amateur and pro cyclists and triathletes. The first edition of
Training and Racing with a Power Meter was largely responsible for
popularizing what was once an arcane technology understood by only a few
elite coaches and trainers. Now the updated second edition provides
significant updates on technology, software tools, training protocols,
and workouts, making the benefits of power-based training available to
everyone. The new edition provides specific information for triathletes
including a complete triathlon training plan. Other significant updates
include reviews of the latest hardware, refinements and additions to
training plans, additional case studies, more on monitoring fitness and
chronic training loads, and new power graphics, charts and tables
throughout. Training and Racing with a Power Meter, 2nd Ed., will
continue to be the definitive guide to the most important training tool
ever developed for endurance sports.
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Strength Training for
Triathletes - $25.95
by
Patrick
Hagermand, EdD
Every triathlete wants to be faster, and
most know that adding strength training to their program
will help them get there. In Strength Training for
Triathletes, fitness phenom Patrick Hagerman explains
how small changes in muscle strength add up to big race
results. For triathletes, the benefits of strength training
are many, from increased stability in the water and on the
bike to a faster metabolism. Stronger muscles can work
longer before feeling fatigued, making strength training
indispensable to endurance athletes.
Clearly organized by discipline (swim,
bike, run) and by muscle group, Strength Training for
Triathletes helps athletes quickly find the best
exercise for their unique training needs. Every exercise is
accompanied by full-color art, making the routines easy and
inviting to follow.
This groundbreaking book further
explains how triathletes can adjust their workouts to
emphasize endurance, strength, or power, and how to balance
the three to reach race goals. It includes complete
information on structuring a periodized weight routine to
maximize results, whether the race the reader is preparing
for is a sprint, Olympic, half-Ironman or full Ironman
event. Sample seasonal plans for each race distance and
instruction on how to adapt training plans to individual
needs make it easy for readers to develop specific
approaches and reach their personal goals.
Paperback. Full color with more than 150 illustrations
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Bicycling for
Women
$21.99
by
Gale Bernhardt
From bone structure to physiology to aging
patterns, women are different from men, yet most serious cycling
books fail to take into account the particular concerns of female
athletes. In Bicycling for Women, cycling authority Gale
Bernhardt discusses all things female for beginning and intermediate
cyclists. Comprehensive and scientific,
Bernhardt’s presentation is up-to-date, smart, and easily
understood. She addresses basic questions on bike fit,
equipment, and training before moving on to the additional
issues specific to women, such as cycling and pregnancy, injury
prevention for women, nutrition and diet plans for the female
athlete, and tips for making cycling more comfortable.
Encouraging for newcomers and invigorating
for experienced athletes with new goals, Bicycling for Women
is an indispensable resource for women who enjoy fitness and
love to ride. Paperback. Illustrations, charts, and tables
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Ironman
Triathlon for Women
- $19.95
by
Lisa Lynam
Canadian author Lisa Lynam aims to
inspire every woman – no matter their fitness level –
to say yes to triathlon with her new book
Triathlon for Women - A Mind-Body-Spirit
Approach for Female Athletes.
Lynam guides, educates and inspires women to get
moving, get training, get involved and get balanced one step
at a time.
The 200-page full color book includes other inspiring
stories of women around the world, as well as aspects of
fitness and skill development, smart nutrition choices, race
planning, and mental aspects, but also goes beyond the
theories and science with a more thorough mind-body-spirit
approach that raises the interests and enjoyment of all
women who seek fulfilling triathlon lives.
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Ironman Nutrition & Endurance
- $25.95
by
Sheila Dean
Where Do I Begin?
With the busy pace of
our modern lifestyle, athletes, whether
amateurs or professionals, want the latest
information on sports nutrition and they
want it NOW! This book is a guide to healthy
eating for anyone who wants to lead a
healthier life.
Part one is an
introduction to basic nutrition, while part
two transitions the reader into what needs
to be done to actually eat for training and
competition.
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The Perfect Distance - Training for long course triathlon
$23.99
by
Tom
Rodgers
Packed with technique and drills built on the proven Ultrafit
platform, The Perfect Distance is the first book to equip
triathletes of all levels for the long course. Every facet of
effective preparation for a long-course event is thoroughly
outlined, and extensive appendixes with workouts for swim, bike,
run, key training sessions, and indoor training make this book the
ultimate resource.
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Your First Triathlon
$22.95
by
Joe Friel
Every year thousands of people decide to train for their first
triathlon. From the author of the best-selling book The Triathlete’s
Training Bible comes the essential guidebook to finishing your first
sprint-distance triathlon. Joe Friel
maps out a 12-week plan, requiring just 5 hours of training each
week. It’s the start of a lifestyle focused on health, fitness, and
personal growth.
Your First Triathlon provides
the training plans, workouts, checklists, instruction, and
illustrations that first-timers are clamoring to know. With 25 years
of experience, Joe Friel knows triathlon and everything a beginner
needs to succeed.
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Workouts in a Binder - Swim workouts for triathletes
$34.95
by
Gale Bernhardt & Nick Hansen
These waterproof swim workouts for triathletes
are specially designed for easy reference on the pool deck.
More than 60 workouts are divided into 7 different training
categories—endurance, speed, form, force, muscular endurance,
muscular endurance for longer distances, and anaerobic endurance.
All workouts are written so either yards or meters can be used while
following the instruction sets. Authors Gale Bernhardt and Nick
Hansen also include guidelines on how to use the swim workouts to
create a training program for achieving personal fitness goals.
Features: Clear descriptions of workout
codes & drills; Instruction for ongoing fitness testing; 10
workouts for Ironman-distance training. Each workout has two main sets to accommodate
swimmers of all abilities & their busy schedules. Spiral-bound paperback. More than 75 workouts
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Triathletes Guide to Off Season
Training
$22.95
by Karen
Buxton
The off-season is
a time for recovery, planning, and indulging in other sports. Karen Buxton explains how to
create a well-rounded off-season training program including core strengthening, increased
flexibility through yoga, drills to boost swim, bike, and run performance, and
alternatives to improve conditioning.
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Triathletes Guide to Swim Training $23.99
by Steve Tarpinian
Written for the beginner or
advanced swimmer, The Triathlete’s Guide to Swim Training addresses everything you
need to know to create an individualized swim training program. The principles are
well-grounded in easy-to-understand concepts that clearly explain proven methods used by
some of the fasted swimmers in the world. These swimmers have developed an individual
stroke that uses their natural strengths. Learn how to relax and breathe in the water, and
use basic physics and some cutting edge techniques to effectively create your own personal
stroke. The psychological factors in reference to swimming and competing and the
importance of making swimming fun and enjoyable are discussed, as well as: implementing
cutting-edge swimming techniques, open water training techniques for speed and safety,
fitness and competition training programs, strength and flexibility training programs, and
effective equipment use. |
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Triathletes Guide to Bike Training
$23.99 by Linda
Wallenfels
Focus on one
of your most pivotal phases of triathlon—the bike. Lynda Wallenfels, an accomplished
triathlete and seasoned coach, will improve your cycling development and performance by
incorporating new skills and drills into your next workout. |
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Triathletes Guide to Run Training $23.99
by
Ken Mierke
Improvement is an inherent challenge of the multisport culture. Many multisport athletes prepare for their events based on training
traditions developed in the individual sports of swimming, cycling, and running. These
traditional methods are rarely grounded in sports science and are not effective for
combining two or three disciplines in one competitive event. The Triathlete’s Guide
to Run Training is one of the only books that is written for the multisport athlete
looking to become a faster, more efficient, and stronger runner. |
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Triathletes Guide to Mental Training
$23.99
by Jim Taylor, PH.D. & Terri Schneider
The Triathlete’s Guide to Mental Training is the first book to explore the
all-important role that the mind plays in triathlon training and competition.
Internationally recognized psychologist and Ironman triathlete Jim Taylor, Ph.D. and
former professional triathlete Terri Schneider give multisport athletes in-depth, yet
practical information and skills they can use to master the challenges of the mind while
increasing their enjoyment of the sport. Triathletes will first assess their psychological
strengths and weaknesses, and then learn about the six mental factors that most affect
triathlon performance; motivation, confidence, intensity, focus, emotions, and pain.
Taylor and Schneider also reveal essential tools for training and racing, such as
routines, mental imagery, goal setting, and valuable insight from the world's best
triathletes. The Triathlete’s Guide to Mental Training will help multisport athletes
identify and overcome the psychological barriers that the mind places on athletic ability
with practical information and skills that will ultimately lead to better performance.
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Going Long Training for Ironman-Distance
Triathlons 2nd Edition
$25.95
by Joe
Friel & Gordon Byrn
Internationally recognized coach and
best-selling author Joe Friel teams up with ultra-endurance
guru Gordon Byrn in this second edition of Going Long,
the most comprehensive guide to racing Ironman-distance
triathlons ever written. Combining science with personal
experience, Friel and Byrn prepare every triathlete, from
the working age-grouper to the podium contender, for success
in triathlon’s ultimate endurance event. Since the
publication of the first edition of Going Long,
registration numbers for Ironman-distance races have soared.
Every year, tens of thousands of additional triathletes
commit to the sport’s greatest challenge. This new second
edition embraces this growing group of triathletes who are
juggling training, family time and full-time jobs.
Sport-specific chapters outline the
stages of development for each of the three disciplines of
triathlon and describe drills to improve form and
efficiency. A newly expanded section on training the mind
explores the all-important psychological aspects of racing,
including goal-setting and visualization. A detailed
appendix includes key training sessions, workout examples,
and strength training progressions. Going Long
has long been the best-selling book on the subject of
training for the Ironman. With expanded content and a new,
two-color format, this second edition is sure to reaffirm
its reputation as the premier sourcebook among triathletes
who are serious about succeeding in the Ironman-distance.
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The Triathlete's Training Bible 2nd
edition
$28.99
by Joe
Friel
This new edition
features the latest on periodization; daily, rest day, and recovery nutrition; and
simplified weight training. You will learn how to train smarter, not harder, and apply
proven techniques to improve your triathlon performance. Coach Joe Friel touts the
benefits of creating a scientific, self-coached training plan to refine your skills.
You’ll find comprehensive information to help you achieve your goals and reach your
maximum potential.
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Training Plans for Multisport Athletes
$25.95
by Gale
Bernhardt
A hands-on reference book that
gives dozens of detailed training plans tailored for the multisport athlete. The plans in
this book are concise and clear, and Bernhardt provides instruction on how to make
modifications to tailor them to specific training needs. An extremely useful book for
multisport athletes of all levels.
New 2nd Edition,
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Triathlons for Women 3rd edition
$22.99
by Sally Edwards
The only triathlon
training book on the market written specifically for women. For beginner- to
competitor-level triathletes, Triathlons for Women offers training techniques, tips,
resources, motivation, and education presented in a user-friendly, anecdotal style that
will aid and inspire. This completely updated third edition includes new chapters on
transition training and equipment, plus more sample training plans. |
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Triathlon Training Basics
$22.99
by Gale Bernhardt
This indispensable guide
focuses on how aspiring triathletes successfully complete a sprint or Olympic distance
triathlon. Triathlon Training Basics is specifically written for beginning triathletes,
their personal trainers, and coaches. It’s the cornerstone for any triathlon training
program. |
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Running in the Zone - A handbook for seasoned
athletes - $26.99
by Steve King & Dan Cumming
(co-editors)
Twenty-six
runners ranging in age from 46 to 76 share their secrets, motivations & experiences in
the fields of running. All are active runners & many presently hold world age-class
records. Some have held world records & have achieved world level performances at the
Olympics, Commonwealth & European games. But, Running in the Zone isn’t
about super achievement, it is about getting the most out the running experience
regardless of age or even ability.
This book is for anyone interested in running &
running-related sports, whether they are elite age-class runners wanting to keep up
performances or newcomers, considering taking up running in their middle or even advanced
years. Many of the contributors didn’t start running until they were over 40 &
some didn’t achieve their best personal performances until they were in their
50’s. You will meet men & women who have a life-long interest in running as well
as those who took it up as personal challenges. All are inspiring in one way or another
& have something valuable to teach, not necessarily about running, per se, but rather
personal satisfaction, giving back through voluntarism & commitment to a goal or
purpose. |
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Triathlon Swimming Made Easy: The Total
Immersion Way for Anyone to Master Open-Water Swimming
$24.99
by Terry
Laughlin
A clear, practical guide to
swimming freestyle better than you ever thought possible. Not only to swim well enough to
breeze through a triathlon swim leg with ease and confidence; but to reach a Nirvana where
the swim is your favorite part. If you’re not aiming to do a triathlon, but would
simply like to swim with ease, efficiency and confidence, TSME will turn you into a
beautiful freestyler with the freedom to swim in any body of water.
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Sports Nutrition For Endurance
Athletes $25.95
by Monique Ryan, MS, RD, LDN
Training for and participating in endurance events presents
unique nutritional challenges. Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes equips you with
cutting-edge nutrition advice to help improve your athletic performance. Sport specific
guidelines provide nutrition recommendations for endurance athletes who participate in
triathlon, cycling, mountain biking, cyclo-cross, swimming, distance running,
cross-country skiing, and adventure racing. In-depth information is presented in an
easy-to-read and accessible style, with individual chapters dedicated to these specific
endurance sports. Monique Ryan designs a sports diet that is a foundation for the
endurance athlete's good health and combines it with a fuller understanding of the
building blocks of a balanced diet: carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, along with fluid,
vitamin, and mineral requirements. Nutrition guidelines for both training and competition
are included, as well as detailed information on recovery nutrition. Learn how to assess
body composition and find healthy approaches to losing body fat and building muscle. A
review of popular ergogenic aids and a section on meal planning tips, including shopping
lists, will give you practical pointers. Appendixes include: glycemic index of foods,
facts about vitamins and minerals, a comparison of sports nutrition products, and sample
menus.
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Zinn & The Art of Road Bike
Maintenance
$29.99
by
Lennard Zinn
Lennard Zinn, author of the most well-organized and
best-illustrated guide to road bike repair and maintenance on the market, shares his
wealth of road bike knowledge in this new, updated edition. Maintaining every component of
a road bike––chains, derailleurs, shifters, wheels, brakes, cranks, bottom
brackets, pedals, saddles, seatposts, handlebars, stems, headsets, forks, and
frames––is covered in a clear and concise manner. Newcomers and experienced
mechanics alike will benefit from the clear illustrations with exploded views of how
components go together, along with practical tips on how to completely and properly
maintain all aspects of a road bike. |
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Zinn & The Art of
Triathlon Bikes
$29.99
by
Lennard Zinn
Zinn & the Art of Triathlon Bikes is the first and only
book on the market that caters to the specific bike tuning and
maintenance needs of triathletes. Using the successful format of his
best-selling VeloPress books, Lennard Zinn guides triathletes
through the many triathlon-specific problems including bike tuning,
maintenance, and shipping a bike safely from race to race. He also
provides clear advice on equipment choice and upgrades to help
readers make sensible choices as they advance through the sport.
Triathletes will improve comfort and develop speed in the
aerodynamic time trial position, increasing their enjoyment of the
bike leg, which is the most technical leg of any triathlon race.
Newcomers and experienced mechanics alike will benefit from the
clear illustrations, exploded views of components, and practical
tips on how to completely and properly maintain all aspects of their
tri bikes in order to ensure hours of trouble-free riding. Readers
will also find help with deciding whether to tackle the maintenance
project or head to the bike shop for repairs. The practical and
time-saving tips in this book are not available in collected form
elsewhere. |
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The Distance of Truth
- DVD
$29.99
Executive
Producer: Roger Hendrix, Associate Producer: Chris Kostman
The Distance of Truth is a documentary film
featuring Canadian Ferg Hawke as he experiences the Badwater 135
Ultramarathon race. Also included in the footage is Scott
Jurek, Dr. Ben Jones, Charlie Engle, Ray Zahab, Monica Scholz, Pam
Reed, Dean Karnazes, Marshal Ulrich, and Mike Sweeney. Both
the 2005 and 2006 race footage is included as well as insightful
interviews and detailed course profiles. The race itself is
organized into six stages.
An additional 120 minutes of special features
are included which offer in-depth insight into the race and the
athletes. |
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Bicycle Dreams
- DVD
$19.99
Stephen
Auerbach
The Race Across America is an epic, 3000-mile
bicycle race from the Pacific to the Atlantic. First held in 1982,
RAAM is considered the most challenging sporting event in the world.
Top riders finish in under 10 days, riding over 300 miles per day
and sleeping only a few hours per night. Amid the sleepless grind,
riders must endure the searing heat of the Mojave Desert, the
agonizing climbs and descents of the Rockies, the driving winds of
the Great Plains, and the twisting switchbacks of the Appalachians
before the final sprint to the finish line in Atlantic City. With
little prize money at stake, the fundamental goal of the race is
simply to finish, a challenge half of all riders fail to meet. |
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