What is the distance of a sprint triathlon?
There are lots of different distances of triathlons. You might have seen coverage of an Ironman Triathlon on television, which is a 2.5-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2-mile run (a marathon). Only the fittest triathletes attempt this distance, after months or even years of training. Most beginning triathletes participate in a sprint-distance triathlon for their first triathlon. The swim portion of a sprint tri can vary anywhere from 300m to 800m. The bike portion can be 10 to 18 miles long. And the run is typically a 5K (3.1 miles), and can be even shorter.
