30% off end-of-November Membership Sale!
Enter the code
November2009 at
checkout for
30% off all training memberships.
*Valid through Nov 30, 2009
Please see the below sections on:
Bronze, Silver and Gold Summary
Membership Details & Benefits
Upgrading Your Membership
Accessing Your Performance Membership
Service & Support
Load-Up on Training Plans for 2010
Becoming a Performance Member will take you to that higher level of training and logging. Depending on your specific level, we give you exclusive tri-specific information, an accessible library of detailed triathlon training plans, training plan support and logging software not found anywhere else online in one place – it’s what our members demand.
NEW Training Plans! 8 Week Balanced Lifestyle Sprint
8 Week Balanced Lifestyle Olympic
Bronze, Silver and Gold Memberships
There are three levels to our performance memberships, a Bronze, Silver and Gold level. Each level builds on the previous level with additional services. Here is a quick summary of features. Following this are full details of each feature.
Membership Details & Benefits
NEW! Garmin Workout Uploading
Logging your detailed workout data has never been easier! All Performance Members will be able to directly upload Garmin workout data into your training log. May include lap and heart-rate data. See full instructions
We give you up-to-date
weather feeds and forecasts included directly inside your log, allowing you to plan your upcoming schedule. Included are all US zipcodes and 5000 International Cities.
All performance members have a second "
planned training" menu for rigorously logging your upcoming training schedule.
Advanced
editing capabilities to easily move around your logging including drag'n drop functionality to customize your training plan.
Additionally, Silver and Gold members have
unlimited access through your membership period to
all of our detailed training plans from the beginner looking to get off the couch to advanced training plans for your next Ironman.
See the plan details BEFORE signing up! Go to the 
'Training Plan Library' for the plans first 2 weeks of complete workouts, graphs and the entire calendar of workout lengths/time for the following available plans:
- COUCH TO SPRINT
- SPRINT
- OLYMPIC
- FOCUS/LIMITER PLANS
- MAINTENANCE PLANS
| - 1/2 IRONMAN
- IRONMAN
- BRIDGE PLANS
- 1/2 MARATHON
- FULL MARATHON
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*These Silver/Gold plans have daily, specific workouts to improve and maximize your performance. Most plans designed by one of the few USAT level III coaches, Mike Ricci.
ALSO INCLUDED are Four Race-Day Execution Plans - Along with the training plans that you will have access to, Bronze, Silver and Gold members will also have access to the following race-day plans so that you know what to eat, how to warm-up and how to pace yourself for your races.
**Bronze members will have direct log access to the 24 free 'minutes-only' plans and the 2 detailed Beginner 1/2 Ironman and Full Ironman Plan = 26 training plans. No additional workout details are given in the bronze plans other than what you see in the free versions.
With some common sense, you can easily customize any BT training plan to better suit your individual schedule.
Combine plans. Although our plans are built around a few common distances, you can also combine different plans for an upcoming race to better suit special distances.
See a screenshot. View
instructions.
What good is a training plan or log if you can't compare the two? This training analysis tool will give you the following reports and graphs to see how well you are progressing - and to make sure you are not OVERDOING your training, one of the biggest mistakes in this sport.
Actual vs Planned Calendar, week, month and year reports based on difference data. Deficits over a day, week, month or year appear as red. See screenshot.
Graphical Analysis
Graphically see how your actual training compares to your training plan. Spot over/under volume/distance trends easily with 14 graphs. See example swim, run and tri-sports.
Upon logging your race data, you will have access to several race analyzation graphs to find out your weaknesses. Click on links to see sample graphs.
Overall ranks. See how you rate per sport in your overall standings.
Total Time. Analyze your total times per segments of your races.
Pace. See how your pace changes between courses.
Transitions. See how you are doing on improving your transition times.
Based on this information, you can better plan on your next season by more appropriately choosing training plans that will focus on your limiters.
Article on how to log your races
Have your own coach with unlimited questions! For Gold members, our resident coaches, Mike Ricci and Amy Kuitse of D3 Multisport will answer all of your training and racing questions.
Please read the COMPLETE DETAILS of how the Gold membership works.
We have gathered some of the top names in the industry to produce exclusive articles. You can't beat that. We publish about 4-6 new articles per month.
A few of our writers are:
Quite simply, you can not find this information anywhere else!
See the entire archive.
Got a nagging question that you're just itching to ask? Need a masters opinion? We seek the professionals to answer your specific questions.
Currently the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine is answering three of your questions per month. We will periodically ask for more questions in the Q&A forum...remember to check the forum to ask your question when you're logged-in. Answers will be in the form of monthly articles.
See all AMSSM articles.
Fitwerx, our favorite bike fitters and bike shop will be answering three of your bike questions per month. Please login and visit the Q&A forum to post questions. Answers will be in the form of monthly articles.
See all Fitwerx articles.
Get all of your Training and Nutrition questions answered monthly through our LIVE CHATS with the coaches!
We also have several weekly and monthly 'hosted chats' in our live chatroom:
Upcoming Chats: Check here with updates on the next chats.
See our entire CHAT ARCHIVE! Lot's of great information to access from questions members have had in the past.
We have partnered with the following retailers
(subject to change without notice
) to offer deep discounts all-the-time. If you spend any money on nutrition, clothes and gear, your membership will have paid for itself in a short amount of time.
You will have view and print access to this professional article series written by an endurance sports nutritionist. This series is located in the 
Performance Member Page.
See the articles
See video tutorial library and sample videos
Benefit #12: Performance Newsletter - Every month we alert you to all new features, extra events, chats, and new articles and plans so you don't miss any new services.
Benefit #13: 24/7 Access to Live Chat!* - So as iron sharpens iron, all Performance Members have online access to chat with fellow subscribing members. Tired of explaining your new bike to your family as their eyes glaze over? Talk in chat rooms with like-minded individuals as yourself. Or create your own private rooms.
Benefit #14: No forum banners and no log banners - We get rid of them.
Membership Comparison & Pricing
Compare each membership feature-by-feature with the chart below.
You can also referance the
'Training Log Features' page for individual training log feature comparison.
| Features |  Bronze |  Silver |  Gold |
| Enhanced Training Log Capabilities - Over 150 Graphs, Adv. Nutrition, Planned Training, Equipment Tracker, Weather Forecast Feed, Adv. Workout Editing, HR Zone Analysis and More. |  | | |
| Our Powerful Plan Customizer - Adjust plans to your race dates and further customize to your schedule. | | | |
| Training Log Preloaded with all of our "Minutes Only" Training Plans - If you like our free plans, you will love the ability to access them with our training log to further customize them. | | | |
Exclusive Article Access - Read over 200 articles on Training, Racing, Injuries and Nutrition written by the experts. Included is our 4 race-day plans | | | |
Access to Exclusive 'Members-Only' Q&A and Coached Monthly Chat Sessions - Get all of your questions answered by our affiliated coaches. | | | |
24/7 Access to Live Chat!* | | | |
| Performance Member Retailer Discounts - 15% OFF the BT Store and other retailers anytime. | | | |
| No forum banners and no log banners | | | |
| Performance Newsletter - Stay updated on features and chat times. | | | |
| 16-Article Nutrition Series - Articles on race-day fueling, carbo-loading, breakfast, fluids, weightloss and more. See details above. | | | |
Your Library of Detailed Training Plans - 31 plans from Sprints to Full Ironman. Beginner to Advanced. Have access to them all for the flexibility you need.
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| NEW! Access over 20 VIDEOS to our Silver/Gold training plans. Videos will cover swim, bike and run drills and technique specific to these plans. | | | |
One-On-One Coach Support - Our certified coaches will help you choose training plans and answer your questions.
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| Become a Performance Member today and get access to our brand-new 'Race Analyzer' accessible through 'Your Races.' | 
$25.00/
Entire
6 months
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$45.00/
Entire
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$85.00/
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30% off end-of-November Membership Sale! Enter the code November2009 at checkout for 30% off all training memberships. *Valid through Nov 30, 2009 |
- These prices are for the ENTIRE 6-month period. Upon clicking 'Buy Now', you will also have an option for an annual membership with 2 free months.
- You can UPGRADE ANYTIME with pro-rated rates.
- We DO NOT auto-renew your membership upon expiration. We will simply send you a message that your subscription will expire.
You will be hard-pressed to find one detailed training plan for $25-$45 for 'only' the plan. We give you 31 plans, articles and dozens of tools for the same price.
Accessing All Features
After you sign-up for a membership, you will get an email and a private message with several links on how to access your membership features.
TRAINING/RACE LOG FEATURES: All log features are immediately enabled. Visit our
tutorial section to use the features
ARTICLES, CHATS, DISCOUNTS AND Q&A: All exclusive performance member articles are instantly enabled. Vist the
Performance Member Page for access. You will also access live chat times, discount code links and Q&A links via this page.
TRAINING PLANS: All training plans per your membership can be instantly viewed or imported into your log. Just visit the
training plan page for relevant links and instructions on viewing, printing and using your plan.
What About Service?
Our members, affiliate coaches and site administrators will be able to help you with any problems in a timely matter. We listen to your needs, wants and desires to keep your membership the best that it can be. We work for you. For ANY issues or questions, contact 'Marmadaddy' via the forums or through our 'Contact' link.
Beginner Triathlete is not looking to sell you services then leave. Instead we want to make you a life-long member of this great community and sport while providing you with the features and tools that you need to improve and have fun in this sport. We just don’t stop when you no longer consider yourself a beginner. We hope to be with you at every step of your career with the information and tools that you need. As you evolve as an athlete, we plan to evolve with you.
Don’t Take Our Word For It! Read why thousands of other athletes just like yourself have already made the switch!
"Membership Thoughts"
“The Best Triathlon-Specific Site,’’ says another member.
“I can’t tell you how much I love this site, it’s been a LITERAL lifeline to me over the past week. Thank you so much. So very, very much.” - kristen
"Couldn't have said it better myself. I have been on here hours a day since finding the site and have been given great advice and support and it is well worth the $$ even if just a donation! I get my money's worth just in the motivational support alone!" - Cavu9
Become a Performance Member today!
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