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An Overview of Triathlon Distances

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Eloah Rocha
Eloah Rocha

Eloah Rocha has spent nearly 15 years as a counselor in the youth activity center at the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. Outside of her work monitoring and evaluating child-care services at the hospital, Eloah Rocha leads a physically active lifestyle. She regularly trains for and competes in swimming competitions and triathlons.

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AN OVERVIEW OF TRIATHLON DISTANCES Eloah Rocha
Introduction ■ Eloah Rocha has spent nearly 15 years as a counselor in the youth activity center at the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. Outside of her work monitoring and evaluating child-care services at the hospital, Eloah Rocha leads a physically active lifestyle. She regularly trains for and competes in swimming competitions and triathlons. Athletes can take part in triathlons of various lengths, with the four most common being the sprint triathlon, the standard triathlon, the half-Ironman triathlon, and the Ironman triathlon. Although the shortest triathlon run today, the sprint triathlon is actually the closest to the original triathlon developed in France in the early 1920s.The first triathlon consisted of a swim across the Marne, a 12-kilometer bike ride, and a 3-kilometer run.
Triathlon â–  The sprint triathlon, meanwhile, consists of a 750-meter swim, a 20-kilometer cycling leg, and a 5-kilometer run. The standard, or Olympic, triathlon features a 1.5-kilometer swim, followed by a 40-kilometer ride and 10-kilometer run. The half-Ironman triathlon, meanwhile, is a substantially longer event, though still only half as long as the distances involved in a full Ironman triathlon, which dates back to a 1977 race that asked athletes to run 140.6 miles around the island of Oahu in Hawaii.The modern Ironman begins with a 3.8-kilometer swim, continues with a 180.2-kilometer bike ride, and concludes with a full 42.2-kilometer marathon.

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An Overview of Triathlon Distances

  • 2. Introduction â–  Eloah Rocha has spent nearly 15 years as a counselor in the youth activity center at the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. Outside of her work monitoring and evaluating child-care services at the hospital, Eloah Rocha leads a physically active lifestyle. She regularly trains for and competes in swimming competitions and triathlons. Athletes can take part in triathlons of various lengths, with the four most common being the sprint triathlon, the standard triathlon, the half-Ironman triathlon, and the Ironman triathlon. Although the shortest triathlon run today, the sprint triathlon is actually the closest to the original triathlon developed in France in the early 1920s.The first triathlon consisted of a swim across the Marne, a 12-kilometer bike ride, and a 3-kilometer run.
  • 3. Triathlon â–  The sprint triathlon, meanwhile, consists of a 750-meter swim, a 20-kilometer cycling leg, and a 5-kilometer run. The standard, or Olympic, triathlon features a 1.5-kilometer swim, followed by a 40-kilometer ride and 10-kilometer run. The half-Ironman triathlon, meanwhile, is a substantially longer event, though still only half as long as the distances involved in a full Ironman triathlon, which dates back to a 1977 race that asked athletes to run 140.6 miles around the island of Oahu in Hawaii.The modern Ironman begins with a 3.8-kilometer swim, continues with a 180.2-kilometer bike ride, and concludes with a full 42.2-kilometer marathon.