In this guide for women athletes, 20 female coaches and athletes provide advice for women of all ages on how to train for and compete in triathlons. The book offers individual chapters on swimming, biking, and running, as well as advice on strength training and performance testing, nutrition, mental training, traveling, and race day strategy. Also covered are injury prevention and recovery, coaching options, training through different life stages, and starting children in triathlon. The final chapter overviews careers in triathlon. The book contains black and white photos of exercises and equipment throughout, plus many summary charts. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)