Monday Morning Motivation: From the pages of a book
Maybe you’re looking for something longer than a brief blog post from me to inspire you to continue your journey. I asked around to try to find out what the best books are to help motivate anyone who is trying to get into triathlon or improve on their personal best. (Apologies to overseas readers – the links go to UK sites and prices are in £ for paperback copies of the books).
General training guides
- Ironman 70.3: training for the middle distance by Henry Ash and Marlies Penker (£12.95)
- The triathlete’s training bible by Joe Friel (£15.19)
- The triathlete’s training diary by Joe Friel (£11.99)
- The well-built triathlete – turning potential into performance by Matt Dixon (£16.95)
- Triathlon Training for Dummies by Deirdre Pitney and Donna Dourney (£12.78)
- Racing Wisely – a practical and philosophical guide to performing at your personal best by Sage Rountree (£12.98)
- Slow Fat Triathlete: live your athletic dreams in the body you have now by Jayne Williams (£9.99)
- Your first triathlon: race ready in 5 hours a week by Joe Friel (£15.00)
Training guides for women
- Women’s guide to triathlon (USA Triathlon) (£16.99)
- Triathlon for the every woman by Meredith Atwood (£10.14)
- Ironfit triathlon training for women: training programs and secrets for success in all triathlon distances by Melanie Fink and Don Fink (£11.95)
- Tri the journey: a woman’s inspirational guide to becoming a triathlete in 12 weeks by Libby Hurley and Betsy Noxon (£10.60)
Autobiographies/biographies
- Sex, lies and triathlon by Leib Dodell (£13.95)
- The Long Run by Mishka Shubaly
- You are an Ironman: how six weekend warriors chased their dream of finishing the world’s toughest triathlon by Jacques Steinberg (£10.33)
- A Life Without Limits: A World Champion’s Journey by Chrissie Wellington (£7.99)
- Not Normal Behaviour by Stuart Staples
- Trizophrenia – inside the minds of a triathlete by Jef Mallett (£15.99)
- Iron War: Two incredible athletes. One epic rivalry. The greatest race of all time by Matt Fitzgerald (£12.99)
- Tricurious: Surviving the deep end, getting into gear and racing to triathlon success by Laura Fountain (£7.19)
- 17 hours to glory: Extraordinary stories from the heart of triathlon by Mathias Muller (£16.00)
- Can’t swim, can’t ride, can’t run: my triathlon journey from common man to Ironman by Andy Holgate (£10.39)
- Accidental ironman by Martyn Brunt (£8.99)
Is there a triathlon-related book that inspired you that isn’t on this list?
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