Swim, Bike, Run, Eat: Complete Guide to Fueling Your Triathlon

In my search to understand this crazy sport I've read alot of books and to be honest its either super simplistic advice like "tie a helium balloon to the bike" all the way through to understanding carbon fiber bikes. Tom's book is in my opinion perfect for anyone starting out in the sport or someone who wants to be better at it.The real gem is the final part Eat. Tom breaks it down and made it easy for this Age Grouper Dad with a family. I've developed my pre race eating strategy using this book and it hasn't let me down after completing 10 Sprint and 1 Olympic triathlons this year I have to say hands down this is probably one of the best investments you'll make (other than the bike, the wet suit, the.......)

I loved, loved this book. I am relatively new to triathlon, well to the longer distances (70.3) and I'm at the point where my nutrition matters completely. I have reread the book about 5 times there is so much there. I feel like I know exactly what to do, now, for workout nutrition, recovery, and race nutrition. I can't wait to put it all to the test. I thought Tom Holland did a great job with the presentation too-- stories to help illustrate, easy read. I would definitely recommend to any triathlete trying to figure out what to eat and when to eat it to perform their very best.

As someone who is very interested in running my first Tri in 2017 and a complete newbie, I bought this book to figure out nutrition and what I should be focused on during my training. I've made several recommended dietary changes that the book talks about. I like Tom's view on food restriction diets and he gives a great explanation as to why they don't often work. It helped me change my mindset to not beat myself up when I don't follow my eating plan 100%. It's rare that I'll save a book as reference material in the future, but I'm glad to make this a permanent book in my library.

Its a very good book with practical methods on nutrition preparation for Ironman (IM) endurance races. He discusses the methods on fueling and hydration that have best served him on IM races. I really appreciate his candor on how he almost messed up on his nutrition for his first race and how pros really helped him. His advice on "never try anything brand new before a race" is a very true statement. I like the plans for the specific races. His advice on the various diets Paleo, Vegan, Flexitarian is very good.

Good for beginners. The authors point of view is from coaching athletes and participating in events himself. A little repetitive with some information, but I am sure it is for reminding/reassurance for the athletes reading.

I think this is a perfect first book for anyone getting into triathlon. So much more than basic nutrition. Actually getting the nutrition during a longer triathlon, experimenting with foods and techniques, and learning from experience is all discussed here. Easy to read and enjoyable. The author does not judge your food choices either. He simply explains what's required to work with each choice (Paleo, vegan, etc.) in very common sense terms.

I really liked this book-- I've been struggling with proper nutrition and this book really helped. It's well written, and gives the tips you need. It also has some really good menus and recipes. It also is adaptable for the sprint, olympic, or ironman triathlete by providing common sense and scientifically supported information without being too technical.

Informative book

Inspiring. This book was brilliant for helping me plan my diet for my first triathlon.Very good advice on what to eat whilst training and during the race. Furthermore they look at the importance of eating afterwards so you can 'look and feel like you haven't just done a triathlon.'It also includes recipe ideas.They answer all sorts of questions on what to do during race. It also has diet plans for people running further for example Iron man. So if you were thinking of racing further it would last the course.The only downside I could find was they do bang on about ironmans quite a bit. ( but that's probably because I'm just jealous I couldn't do one!).The author is clearly an experienced triathlete and helps you learn from mistakes that have been made in the past which may have stopped people completing the course.I don't normally write reviews...but wanted people to enjoy it as much as I have.

Great information for triathlon goers,Loved reading about all aspects of this sport from a top professional competitor

Great introduction with practical recipes at the end, would have liked slighlty more details at certain points...

Sensible advice on nutrition.

Not as informative as some other books about Triathlon nutrition. I recommend Racing Weight over this one.