What is triathlon and ultra-triathlon

  • WHAT IS TRIATHLON

    Triathlon is an activity that combines swimming, cycling, and running in one event.

    There are many different distances to compete at in triathlon competition - here is a overview of various types of distances:

     

    Name Distance
    Beginner

    swim - less than 750 m

    ride - less than 20 km

    run - less than 5 km

    Sprint

    swim - 750 m

    ride - 20 km

    run - 5 km

    Olympic/classic

    swim - 1500 m

    ride - 40 km

    run - 10 km

    ½ ironman 

    swim - 1,9 km

    ride - 90 km

    run - 21,1 km

    Ironman

    swim - 3,8 km

    ride - 180 km

    run - 42,2 km

    3-Ironman

    Kristin Stengaard

    world´s nr. 3 (july 2019)

    swim - 11 km

    ride - 544 km

    run - 126 km