Are you ready for the 2008 USA Olympics?!?

With just a few days to go, I thought it might be helpful to break down the details on the 2008 Beijing Olympics triathlon competition.

Whether you’ve just decided to do your first triathlon or you’ve already done 30 of them, it’s important to identify a specific triathlon race that you are training to compete in.

Doing so gives you a solid goal to work towards, and a focal point to build your training program around.

Triathlon training is a year-round commitment with the following phases:

Base Training -- building an endurance foundation

Intensity Training -- developing speed, force, and increased anaerobic capacity

Peak -- tapering and becoming race ready

Race --  competing in your key race

Recovery -- resting the body, and preparing to begin a new cycle