Customer Reviews
Must-Have For Novice Triathlete Library - By: Kirtland C. Peterson, 21 Sep 2007 
You're serious about trying a triathlon. You've started collecting URLs, articles, books. You're getting a lay of the land.
"Breakthrough Triathlon Training" is a must-have for your library.
Yes, the repetitious messages may drive you a little nuts. But as with any successful advertising or propaganda message delivery, the signal gets through. Curse Brad Kearns for telling yet another story to make the same point. But after you've tossed the book onto the couch & you're out running, biking or swimming? You'll REMEMBER his points.
And his points are great.
Just yesterday...
I'm trail running with weights. Typicallly I run into the park, do two of my "standard loops," & run out. 75 minutes. Great aerobic workout.
Yesterday, per Kearns' philosophy I ran the 2nd loop with the mindset, "I'll go round, but in a way that if I choose to run a 3rd loop I'll be able to." And so I did.
At the end of loop 2? I felt great. I decided to run a 3rd loop which I only occasionallly do. And -- I did loop 3 with the attitude, "Who knows, I may decide to do a 4th loop."
At the end of loop 3? I went for a 4th loop. I've never done this before. I've never run that distance, nor run for that length of time (2.5 hours).
And if felt great.
Brad Kearns' is onto something & I don't think it's coincidence that his triathlon book has an intro by Lance Armstrong while other books don't.
To repeat my message: this book needs to be part of your library. It'll give you the right mind-set for training. You can get alll the OCD info you need elsewhere. But unlike those with only the OCD minutiae, you'll have a much better sense of how to apply it & apply it in a healthy manner.
Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
