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How Long Is A Triathlon? Average Times for Swim, Bike Run & Triathlon Distances
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I am almost embarrassed to say this but
I have never done a video explaining how
long a triathlon takes now a lot of you
know how long the distances are of a
triathlon and we're going to talk about
that today for the complete beginners
out there that are just totally new to
the channel welcome by the way but for
those of you who have been around are
starting to progress in triathlon you
might be wondering like well what is
average what is better than average at
what point can I say that I am a better
than average triathlete so today we're
gonna talk about the distances of each
triathlon and the average finish times
swim bike run and overall for Sprint
Olympic Half Ironman and Ironman so you
can all gauge where you all slot in took
a lot of work to get this data so
trainee acts if you have clicked on this
video you're probably looking for an
understanding of how long each of the
triathlon distances are now that's
fairly easy to find and we are gonna go
over that but how long does it take
duration in time that's a lot harder to
find so what we're gonna go through here
is if you're here you're probably
thinking about doing a triathlon so
we're gonna give you some information
about the distances of each triathlon
who should think about doing these
triathlons and how long does it take to
give you a sense of how long do you need
to be able to swim bike run in order to
do these triathlons so let's start off
with a sprint these are races that are
really really good to do for your first
race to understand what it's like to
piece together swim bike run how you
feel when you have all those people
around you in the swim how your legs
feel towards the end of the bike oh it
feels when you jump off the bike and
nearly fall over in your first race
because you did
do a single brick run it's not just me
this is a 750 meter swim a 20 kilometer
bike and a 5 kilometer run on average it
takes people 20 minutes to do the swim
40 minutes to do the bike and 30 minutes
to do the run for an average finish time
of an hour and 30 minutes so that's the
average but to give you some more
context I would be say an elite age
group er and I've done a race that had a
slightly long swim in a 105 finish time
with a 13 minute swim a 30 minute bike
and a 19-minute round I hope that mouths
work so the super super elite athletes
like Jonathan Brownlee who won the ITU
sprint distance race in Edmonton last
year finished it in 53 minutes
consisting of a eight-minute swim a 30
minute bike and then a 15 minute run on
the women's side of that same event
Emma Jackson won with a time of one hour
and one minute consisting of a 10-minute
swim a 33 minute bike and a 16 and a
half minute run now let's get into the
Olympic distance races a 1500 metre swim
a 40 kilometer bike and a 10 kilometer
run this is a decent race for a
first-timer to try but in my experience
it takes a lot more to build up to it
because you're going for more than two
hours so you're going through a couple
of different energy systems you've got
to start focusing on nutrition so
there's just more things to learn more
things that can go wrong so I like
saying that athletes just start with a
sprint even if their goal is really to
focus on a half ironman or an ironman
just rip the band-aid off with a sprint
so you can wrap your head around what
went well and what didn't but an Olympic
will also do that and it will add in the
nutrition factor the average finish time
for this race is a three hour finish
time with athletes taking on average 40
minutes to do the swim at an hour and 20
minutes to do the bike and 60 minutes to
do the run again for context a more
age grouper I would be in the 2 hours
and 10 minutes I think is my personal
best with a I'm gonna have to go off the
top of my head here cuz I don't remember
these a 24 minute swim a really hilly
windy one hour six minute bike and then
a forty minute run yeah I think that
math works though with the super super
elite athletes Christian bloomenfeld
last year won the ITU grand final
Olympic Distance race in a finish time
in one hour 48 minutes consisting of an
18 minute swim a 60 minute bike and then
a 30 minute 10 kilometer run that is
Belize and fast the women's side in that
same race was won by Katy's of Ferris in
2 hours and 2 minutes and she had a
19-minute swim a 1 hour and six minute
bike and then a 35 minute run half
ironman a 70.3 this is what a lot of
people are shooting for it's what gets a
lot of notoriety the Half Ironman in the
Ironman distance a lot of people will
start with a Half Ironman which is
totally fine even if you're starting
with an Ironman and not doing a race
before a lot of people will do kind of a
self supported just a Half Ironman on
your own and I really like doing that in
training and recommending that for
athletes on our team in training because
it gives you a sense of swim bike run
how's it gonna feel when you piece it
all together how's the nutrition gonna
be what are your legs gonna feel like at
hour five or six it's a little bit
harder to start with this but you still
certainly can do it the distances of a
Half Ironman are a 1,900 meter swim a 90
kilometer bike and then a half marathon
of 21.1 km/h time is six hours with a
45-minute swim a three hour bike and
then a 2 hour and 15 minute half
marathon personally I've completed a
Half Ironman in 4 hours and 28 minutes
consisting of a 32 minute swim a 2 hour
and 12 minutes bike and then a 1-hour 33
minute run they're about to plus some
transition last year in the World
Championships which is that
on a fairly slow course the Gustav Eden
ended up winning the super super elite
in a time of 3 hours and 49 minutes and
that race consisted of a 24 minute swim
a 2 hour 17 minute bike which is
actually very slow for a half ironman
but it was because that course was
really really hilly and then Gustav
ended up running a 1 hour and 8 minute
half marathon Daniela Reef won the same
event on the women's side in 4 hours and
23 minutes and her race consisted of a
26 minute swim a 2-hour 33 minute bike
and then a 1-hour
18 minute half marathon now keep in mind
this is one of the slowest Half Ironman
courses in the world and most of these
finish times are more around the three
hours 45 minutes or four hours 10
minutes for the women at that super
elite level and now let's get into the
granddaddy of them all Ironman this what
a lot of people are eventually shooting
for at some point in their career but
don't feel like you have to it took me
10 years to work my way up to it and I'm
thankful that I did because I gradually
learned as I went and never stepped up
to a distance of the race that I wasn't
prepared for every time I moved up I had
a little bit of a learning curve but I
never had a race disaster because I went
too far too soon Ironman themselves
actually say the number one reason that
people come into the sport do a race and
don't come back is when they do an
Ironman is their very first race and
what their research tells them is that
the bad experience of going up to that
super long-distance race ends up scaring
people away from the sport which is
unfortunate because it's a fantastic
sport that we can do for our entire
lives with that said I recommend people
build up but if you want to get into an
Ironman for your first race don't let me
stop you the distances of an Ironman are
3,800 meters swim a hundred and eighty
kilometer bike and then a full marathon
forty two point two kilometers the
average finish time is 12 hours 35
minutes
this is comprised of a average one-hour
16 minute swim a 6 hour 25 minute bike
and then a four-hour 54 minute marathon
my personal best time I've only done one
of these at challenge Roth last year and
I did a 64 minute swim a 5 hour 4 minute
bike and then a 3 hour 24 minute
marathon for a total finish time of 9
hours 41 minutes the super super elites
like Yann for Dino multiple time world
champion and 2019 world champion one
Ironman calling out last year in a
finish time of 7 hours 51 minutes this
is kind of about an average time this
was comprised of a 47 minutes swim a 4
hour 16 minute bike and then a 2-hour
42 minute marathon I saw it it was
incredible well the Women's World
Championship last year was won by Annie
how she too was really fast at 8 hours
and 40 minutes and how she got there was
with a 54 minutes whim a 4 hour 50
minute bike and then get this a 2 hour
51 minute marathon faster than most of
the men and all of the went like sheep
blazed it she just liked this tall she's
awesome
so you go new trainee act those are
average finish times those are the
distances of each of the races isn't a
little bit of thought on who should do
which distance of race at what stage now
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