TYPICAL TRIATHLON RACE DISTANCES

 

AGE GROUP

EVENT NAME

SWIM

CYCLE

(if grass)

CYCLE

(if tarmac)

RUN

Start (8yrs)

 

50m

800m

1500m

600m

Tristar1 (9/10)

 

150m

2km

4km

1200m

Tristar2 (11/12)

 

200m

4km

6km

1800m

Tristar3 (13/14)

 

300m

6km

8km

2400m

Youth (15/16)

Super Sprint

400m

 

10km

2500m

Junior (17/18)

Sprint

750m

 

20km

5km

 

Olympic

1500m

 

40km

10km

 

Ironman!

3.8km

 

180km (112mls)

42km (26.2mls)