Sunday, November 23, 2008

Race Lengths

A lot of people ask about different distances. Here's the 4 most common distances:

1.) Sprint: 500 yd swim, 13 mile bike, 3.1 mile run(5K)

2.) Olympic: 0.9 mile swim, 24 mile bike, 6.2 mile run(10K)

3.) Half Distance: 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run (My favorite!!! =)

4.) Full Distance: 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run (You read this right.)

Okay, so some races will say sprint and it might be a 13.2 mile bike or 14 mile bike, it changes a little bit. But then there are some races that are just complete random distances. It just depends on what the race director and board members decide on!

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