Triathlon Practice Exam

500 minus your age

440 minus your age

220 minus your age

130 minus your age

Uneven ground including cracks and grates

Where your partner is running

Make sure you have good running shoes

Both A and C

Too much accumulation of fatigue in one area

Minimizes stress

Both A and B

None of the above

Ankle flexibility

Cut down on miles

Change shoes

All of the above

Overtraining

Overuse

Little to no running experience

Performing stretches after a run

Multiply by 3

Multiply by 6

Add 6

Subtract 4

½ mile swim, 13 mile bike, 5k run

.9 mile swim, 25 mile bike, 10k run

2.1 miles swim, 55 mile bike, 13 mile run

2.4 mile swim, 111 mile bike, 26.2 mile run

True

False

Shoulder injuries

Shin splints

Heal injuries

None of the above

½ mile swim, 13 mile bike, 5k run

.9 mile swim, 25 mile bike, 10k run

2.1 miles swim, 55 mile bike, 13 mile run

2.4 mile swim, 111 mile bike, 26.2 mile run

Practice Exam

1. How do you calculate maximum heart rate?

2. What should you watch for while running?

3. Why should you alternate exercises in the kinetic chain?

4. Which factors will help someone alleviate or manage achilles tendinitis?

5. Each of these is a risk factor for a triathlon injury except?

6. Once way to measure your heart rate is to place you two fingers on your pulse and count the beats over 10 seconds. How is the best way to get your one minute heart rate?

7. Which of these distances refers to the Sprint?

8. Movement patterns are more important than muscles.

9. What injuries are you most subject to when training for swimming?

10. Which of these distances refers to the Ironman?