Olympic Games Triathlon 2012

Many of you will be watching Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee competing in London Olympics Games on August 7th at 11:00am in the Men’s Triathlon. Also Helen Jenkins will be competing in the Ladies Triathlon on Saturday 4th August 2012 at 9:00am. England Expects [and Wales and Yorkshire of course]

The Olympic Distance Triathlon is the distances held in the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. That is a 1500m swim followed by a 40 kilometre bike and a 10km run.

There are many different distances in Triathlon and these are

Super Sprint	Swim 400m; Cycle 10k; Run 2.5k[sometimes called a Novice or Fun Triathlon as it is distance many people can attempt first time]
Sprint	Swim 750m; Bike 20k; Run 5k.
Olympic Distance	Swim 1500m; Bike 40k; Run 10k
Long Distance or Half Marathon	1.1 mile swim; 56 mile Bike; Half Marathon [13.1 miles]
Ironman	2.2 mile swim; 112 mile Bike; Full Marathon [26.2 miles]

Olympic Distance Events

There are some great Triathlon events that offer Olympic distance such as: -

Capesthorne Triathlon	10th June 2012	Click Here
Yorkshire Triathlon	8th July 2012	Click Here
Tatton Park Triathlon	8/9th September 2012	Click Here

Capesthorne, Yorkshire and Tatton also offer a Sprint and Super Sprint Distance [a Half and a quarter of the Olympic Distance.]