Complete Triathlon Guide

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Complete triathlon guide / USA Triathlon.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-4504-1260-5 (soft cover) -- ISBN 1-4504-1260-2 (soft cover)

1. Triathlon--Training. I. USA Triathlon.

GV1060.73.C64 2012

796.42'57--dc23

2011052796

ISBN-10: 1-4504-1260-2 (print)

ISBN-13: 978-1-4504-1260-5 (print)

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