T-4 weeks

T-4 weeks

It is 4 weeks before I am 24 weeks away from doing my first Ironman distance triathlon. For those of you who do not know what that is ill explain. It is a triathlon (swim, bike, and run) that is the longest and considered hardest of all the distances of triathlon,

There are 4 races in triathlons:

Sprint 400 yard swim 13 mile bike 3 mile run

Olympic 1 mile swim 30 mile bike 5 mile run

Half Ironman 1.5 mile swim 65 mile bike 13 mile run

Ironman 2.4 mile swim 112 mile bike 26.4 mile run

These distances can very somewhat but these are the typical distances for these races.

The times to complete these very as well, I will base these times off of the average person who has sort of trained for a race.

Sprint 1 hour 10 min

Olympic 4 Hours

Half Ironman 7 Hours

Ironman 13 hours

Now these times are hard to nail down and this is more of a gauge to show you how long it will take the person to complete them and how much effort is required to train for one of them.

If you are interested in getting started in this sport I suggest you go do a sprint see how much you like it then move up from there. I have done 8 sprint races and 4 Olympic distances over my 5 years of triathloning.

Anyways if you have any questions about triathlons email me or give me a call, my email is

ironmanbob@gmail.com