Contents

Acknowledgements

PART I: INJURY PREVENTION

Chapter 1: Lessons Learned the Hard Way

That Don’t Have to Be Learned the Hard Way

1.1 Temper Enthusiasm

1.2 Beware Feelings of Invincibility

1.3 Think Before You Drop

1.4 Balance Self-Sufficience

1.5 Nutrition Counts

Chapter 2: Notes for the Triathlon Newbie

Choice Basics to Help the Aspiring Beginner Safely Get Over the Hump

2.1 Get Hooked on Exercise:

The Secret Gate to Becoming a Triathlete

2.2 Heart Rate Monitor 101

2.3 Getting Your Weight Down Safely

Chapter 3: The Unbreakable Body

Indispensible Advice on How to Prevent and Deter the Training-Related Injury

3.1 25 Commandments of Injury Prevention for the Triathlete

3.2 The Knees

3.3 The Chronic Muscle Tear:

How to Treat the Injury that Drives Runners and Triathletes Crazy

3.4 Taking to the Trails

3.5 Building Core Strength for Multisport

3.6 Generating a Foundation of Health

PART II: THE UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT

Chapter 4: No Denial

Stories of Age-Group Triathletes Breaking Down Walls

4.1 Marian Davidson’s Impossible Comeback

4.2 Chris Sustala’s Battle with the Bulge

Chapter 5: No Excuses

The Ironman as a Self-Test

5.1 The Attraction of the Hawaii Ironman

5.2 Making the Time

5.3 Finishing Can Be Everything

Perspective: The Journey of Jim MacLaren

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