Hey, what's up everybody. Welcome back to That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by

Scientific Traathlon.com. I'm your host, Michael Erickson, and this episode is beginner tip

seven, where I'll talk about training for a sprint distance race. This comes from a listener

question from Pamela who writes,

Hi Michael, I'm new to your podcast but really enjoying it.

As a complete newbie to triathlon, I'm finding your show really approachable and informative.

Basically, I'd love you to do the next beginner tips episode on training for a sprint distance.

I'm writing a 16-week program for my

sister and I to do a triathlon in June and would appreciate advice on distances, volume, frequency, etc.

I've spoken to a lot of people and been reading up and am a bit confused. There's a lot of info out there.

I'm a swimming coach and a PT, but this is my first

time planning for a multi-discipline event. I realize it's down to the individual, but a little

guidance of where to start would be lovely. Thank you very much, Pamela, for your question.

That's really great to hear. I'm glad that you're enjoying the podcast. First of all, yes, you're absolutely right.

It is down to the individual.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution.

But I can absolutely give you some general guidelines and all of your fellow listeners, of course.

So rule number one, and this is something that I could talk about every single episode,

because it's so important. Consistency. It doesn't matter how good or bad your training program is.

Your results are very, very, very correlated with how consistent you are in training. So don't get

sucked into the trap of over-analyzing and over-engineering your training,

but then not actually following through with it and doing it.

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