Top Tips For Beginner Triathlon

A triathlon is an athletic competition including three events i.e. cycling, swimming and running. An athlete has to participate in all the three events and the best performer in all the three events is considered the winner of the triathlon. It is natural for the beginners of the triathlon to have several queries in their mind such as how to succeed in the game?

Here are some important tips which must be followed by the beginners of triathlon:

- The beginner must start by participating in short races first which are termed as sprint triathlon. After getting used to sprint triathlon, one can go for triathlon.

- The beginners must join a triathlon training program and there are several online sources which give exclusive triathlon training to the beginners.

- It is advisable for the beginners to take swimming coaching from an expert and experienced triathlete so as to achieve excellent swimming skills required for triathlon.

- Among the three areas of cycling, swimming and racing, beginners must practice their strong areas first so as to make them stronger and then start working on their weak area so as to achieve required expertise before the D-day of triathlon.

- Beginners should have patience and should not get tense by rigorous training sessions of triathlon training programs.

- The beginners must practice the transitions i.e. end up with one event and conveniently transit to participate in other triathlon event. The beginners should avoid hastening up while transitions and should keep the gears (such as cycling equipments and swim suits) of three events ready before the triathlon starts.

- The beginners must carefully listen to all the pre-race instructions and should not feel embarrassed in asking questions such as commencement area of bike race.

- The beginners should participate in the triathlon with passion as being passionate is the perfect way to achieve confidence while competing. The beginner should keep the performance pressure away and should remember that this is their first race.

Beginners should avoid flaunting off the attitude before their friends and familiars that they can win it as it can increase expectation of the closed ones and defeat in the triathlon can make them disappointed. They instead should start slowly with the training of a triathlon and then gradually built up the speed of training. The beginners must give special attention to doing stretch up exercises as stretch up can increase flexibility of the body which can help in swimming events.

Beginners should stop workout if they feel extensively tired as exercising in such a way can cause internal injury in the body. Beginners should consistently follow the daily workout schedule so as to build up stamina which is the premium requirement for triathlon. Most beginners need to take heart rate training depending on age and the target heart rate required for triathlon. And they need to plan a healthy diet, low in sugar and starch and rich in proteins and carbohydrates so as to increase body energy without increasing extra fat.

For the D-day of triathlon, beginners should also plan race day diet and strategic drinking method. On the D-day of triathlon, beginners also need to use lubricating oil such as baby oil so as to fit quickly in the wet swim suit. In order to get restroom on the bike, the tri-athlete can use bushes or port-a-potties. The beginners in the triathlon must take professional guidance from previous winners of triathlon and should get solutions to questions such as distance of triathlon race, drafting in triathlon and how to drink in a paper cup while racing.