Live Up to Your Athletic Potential – Train for a Triathlon!

2/26/10 Posted in News  |  0 Comments

The sport of triathlon has grown immensely over the past few years, in the Lansing area and around the world. There has also been a huge increase in the number of female triathletes. While it may seem like triathlon is just swimming, biking and running, and a lot of it, training and competing in these events actually goes a lot deeper than that. Athletes will learn many tough lessons and have a lot of fun during the journey – and that is just to get to the starting line.

Jimi Young developed a female only training program to assist Michigan athletes by taking the guesswork out of play. Young has several years of experience racing every distance triathlon out there, with over five years of experience in coaching.

“My goal as a coach is to eliminate the hard lessons and keep my athletes focused and on track,” he said. “I have developed a solid schedule to prepare program participants for the United States Women’s Triathlon Series race in Naperville, Illinois this June.”

The www.trijimi.com USWTS training camp is geared toward the beginning to intermediate athlete looking to become familiar with the sport and want to make fast progress. The training will begin in April 2010 and continue for eight weeks. The athletes will train for the most part on their own time according to the schedule. The coaching fee includes a “Triathlon 101″ Day Camp, where participants will do a group open water swim, bike and ride. Young will also go over all the basics of triathlon and hold a Question and Answer session, along with many demonstrations and practice. Training also includes pre-race meetings to go over last minute details and to settle everyone down before the Unites States Women’s Triathlon Series race in Naperville, Illinois in June.

Further details can be found on the official Web site www.trijimi.com/jimi/uswts.htm.

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