Duathlon Training and Racing for Ordinary Mortals

From the author of Triathloning for Ordinary Mortals®, this is the first modern guide to training for and enjoying the run-bike-run race that has become USA-Triathlon’s “growth sport:” The Duathlon. With the participation of USA-Triathlon, which provided a chapter about its duathlon-promotion program launched in 2012, author Steven Jonas has penned the first modern guide for the aspiring multi-sport racer who simply wants to “Do the Du” (no swimming required). Well known for Triathloning for Ordinary Mortals®, The Essential Triathlete, and his USA-Triathlon Magazine column “Ordinary Mortals®: Talking Triathlon with Steve Jonas,” Dr. J. offers:

· A brief history of duathlon and look ahead at the sport’s exciting development
· How to find and choose your races
· Four 13-week training programs
· What you need to know about technique and equipment
· Enjoying your “day at the races”

As John Hanc, contributing editor, Runner’s World and author of The Coolest Race on Earth has said: “Dr. Steven Jonas is the author of one of the best triathlon training books ever written. Now, he offers his unique perspective as both an endurance athlete and a physician and preventive medicine expert to the duathlon. That’s a powerful combination. For those who would like to, as they say, ‘do the du,’ Dr. Jonas’s book is the one for you.” (Guildford, CT: FalconGuides, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, March, 2012.)