12 Week Beginner Sprint Triathlon Training Plan

Taren outlines a complete 12 week beginner sprint triathlon training plan including the swim, bike, and run workouts to include to train for a triathlon for the first time.

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[amyholderness]

Hi, Just found your channel(s) and am preparing for a mini triathlon in June. Thank you for the info. Already ordered your three books. Love the work you do. Very helpful. As someone who has never done anything remotely like this, I feel like your info will make me well prepared. Thanks again.

[mctalas]

yesterday i was finished my first sprint triathlon !!! I had no running and swimming experience and I managed with yours beginner training program. Ι wanna thank you!!! now i plan my next experience maybe a 70.3? Thank you very much! keep going to help!
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[evobe]

that was great info thanks! I also got your swimming program last year and honestly the drills help a ton.

[SBoots]

Great info. I have been setting out a plan and following. Swim portion is failing because I live on a lake but it's frozen now and the pool is 1.5 hours away. Come on spring. I do add 1 brick run and 3 strength sessions in a week.

[hikerbq]

Thank you. Will sign up for your app once I've upgraded my technology. This helps in the meantime.

[alignwithtracy]

Don't expect the race to go good - it will feel like crap! HAHAHAHA! Sold! I am super competitive, 56, have done a few marathons and a walker for the past 15 years in Alaska. Signing up for my first tri!

[TheDarienJim]

Really helpful but this plan like every other plan I have seen is not age adjusted. So I’m training for first sprint and am very out of shape and am 65. I’m giving myself 6 months. No program seems to be built for seniors.

[advex]

What if I wanna do an occasional marathon, but still train as a triathlete all the way through it. Can the app do this, or would I have to sell the marathon as an Ironman to the app?

[rhysthomas]

An I right in thinking that the heart rate calculator is upside down? My zone one is something like 160bpm and my zone five is like 85bpm... Seems strange😜

[sarahdykeman]

Where do you fit in strength training? I strength train 2x a week right now and want to keep that up while I train for a sprint

[Tamas_Torok]

Hi Taren! Is a brick session beneficial for someone how just running and cycling to become fitter and don't want to compete races?

[shrilekhadeshaies]

Hi. I really struggle with finding a training plan that accommodates my work schedule of working every other weekend (and sometimes part of each weekend). I dont have the same work schedule week to week (sometime need to work 3-4 days in a row), so what are some tips to adjust my training days. My work hours are too long and too tiring to squeeze in a workout. I am a nurse. I want to sign up for a sprint triathlon in May 2024 but I am afraid that I won't be consistent in my training. If I am left to figure out how to create a training week, I already know I will fail. I am pretty type A and would follow a training plan that works with my schedule. Thank you - any advice would be super helpful!

[thegofer]

That intro is hard to get through. Feel like an infomercial.