Hello all,
Just after some advice, I just signed up for a Sprint Triathlon
(S 750m, C 20k, R 5k) and no idea what are good times or how long i should take for each event and the whole thing... Its not till July but am fairly fit as I just done my 1st marathon in 4:03. also any other advice would be good.
Thanks
Dan
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Hiya, welcome to the forum.
A 'good' time depends on what you class as good? Have a look at last years results that should give you an idea of what front and mid packers are doing. Your time is going to depend on how good you are at each discipline, pacing, transitions etc. Id say for a first race concentrate on learning the ropes and enjoying it.
Have a read of this, hopefully youll find it useful
The Unofficial PSOF Guide to Sprint Triathlons
Expect your run time to be slower (I did 52 mins and at the time would have expected about 43-44 mins for just a run - no-one did under 40 mins!).
As others have said, just enjoy it, may be more variety of times for a sprint.
Some key things - practice biking a lot - it's the leg where you can gain most time. Practice brick sessions (do a ride and then run straight after) - it takes a bit of getting used to. Practice transitions.
Just enjoy your first one, read the guide above, and then think about improving in your next one.
Good luck with the training between now and July.
I'll agree with everyone, enjoy the ride, look at the times the next time...you'll have a PB to beat then
you will need a bike, and it would be good to have road tyres on it rather than knobblies
but enjoy, plenty of time for bike poncery to take over
I did my 1st sprint tri last weekend & not really bothered about times just to get round. Next time I hope will be different, lessons learned, its not a scary as you think & get out on the bike & do the hills & more brick sessions. I read the pirates guide for setting up & racking & also checked some of the rules, so was pretty miffed to find coming in to T2 that someone had moved my box & racked their bike in my place.
technically that's an offence (Rule 23.7)and can lead to a DQ (Rule 29.5.j)
and if it happens again, report it to an official
it's always good to acquaint yourself with the rules so that if something happens that prevents you achieving your ambitions, or you get penalised for something, then you will have a good understanding of why and what you can do about it. they are there to guide and help all parties, including the officials.
Could have done with you at Chirk last week FB....
Got to my bike in T1, Helmet on the floor, number belt wrapped round the rack.
Got back to T2 and out of the 2 gels left propped up in my running shoes,, one had gone and the other had been stood on so was useless
racking the bike in the wrong place is not unusual (usually beginners) and provided there is still space for the incomer to rack theirs, then is that "unsporting impedance"?? probably best to give beginners a verbal warning, experienced guys a penalty, intentional interference a straight DQ. but usually the official needs to see it happening to make the call - after the event is harder to regulate.