What type of distances does the team compete at?
The length of the races widely varies. Sprint triathlons are about 400-800m swims, 10-15mi bike, 3-5mi runs…(although in our area there is a set of “super sprints” at 250m swim, 6-10mi bike, and 2mi run). Most collegiate races fall into the sprint category although our collegiate championship race is an Olympic or international distance event. An Olympic distance race is 1.5K swim, 40K bike, and 10K run (or 0.9 mile swim, 24.8 mile bike, 6.2 mile run). If you decide you want something more challenging than Olympic distance then you can move up to a half ironman or even the full ironman (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run.
