Triathlon is a sport consisting of a swim, a bike, and a run usually in that order and following one another immediately. Triathlon races are of varying lengths and difficulty, i will outline the most commonly seen and used distances, although they may vary, especially the sprint distance, from race to race:
- Sprint Distance- 1/4-1/2 mile swim, 15-17 mile bike, 3.1 mile run
- Olympic Distance- .93 mile swim, 28-30 mile bike, 6.2 mile run
- Half-Ironman- 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run
- Ironman- 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run
The Sprint Distance triathlon is the most achieveable for anyone looking to try the sport out and/or have some fun as it involves usually a small time and money commitment, and is most enjoyable, at least for me, for the pure adrenaline rush that distance provides.
Since I do not want to "shoot all my bullets" in one posting, I will profile the other distances and my thoughts on them in future blurbs...
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