Training for a Tri

My sister is thinking about doing her first triathlon out in the Seattle area (where she lives) at the end of September, and called me yesterday for advice. I offered to put together a training schedule for her to get ready over the next five weeks and thought I'd share it here for those out there who are considering a tri themselves. Important note: I am in NO way an expert on how you should train, so take this with a grain of salt. I simply drew up a schedule that would work for someone like me.

The triathlon she is looking at involves a 1/2 mile swim, a 12 mile bike, and a 3 mile run. Katie recently ran a half marathon so I'm not worried about her running. She said that she and my brother-in-law rode their bikes 12 miles last week, so she's already covered that distance. And while she hasn't swum laps in years, she (like me) spent a lot of time at the pool growing up so she knows how to swim and is comfortable in the water. Basically, she's got a good level of base fitness already and just needs to get ready for the distances of each event and stringing them together.