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DRS (Visitor)

distances in a triathlon Triathlon "standards"
reach of the leaders. not really if 2 or 3 good swimmers can get out of the water before the rest of the field and get a good peleton going in the bike leg they could whip the field by ending up minutes ahead at the start of the run. maybe steve.......... south aust

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Steve (Visitor)

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In other discussions, the question of triathlons came up, regarding distances and the public's perceptions. In the examples that were given, I started to question myself about why there wasn't a set standards of distances in a triath. I mean, when people think of marathons, they think of 26.2 miles. When the public thinks of triathlon, they think of the Ironman in Hawaii. Doing some simple calculations, I found the ratio of swimming:biking:running of an Ironman triathlon were 1:46.67:10.92. Example. swim 1/2 mile, bike 23.3 mile, run 5.46 miles. I really don't the full history of the triathlon except was told from watching ABC sports. If the Ironman was the first, then shouldn't standard model should be _base_d off this. If it wasn't, the _base_ it off of that. Wouldn't that make some sense or am I just blowing smoke? Of course this would still allow any organization to design thier triathlon any way they see fit. it was explained to me once that the Olympic tri was put together from the longest distances in each of the events at olympic level eg. longest swim = 1500m, longest bike race (on a track)=40k and longest track race=10000m steve.......

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Mike Conway (Visitor)

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The good swimmers actually get screwed in triathlons Though it's interesting to note that many of the top triathletes come from a swimming background... Mike C

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Steve (Visitor)

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The good swimmers actually get screwed in triathlons, as this is the shortest time consumption for any athlete. With wetsuits now, it makes it even easier for the people who are not too good at swimming to stay within reach of the leaders. not really if 2 or 3 good swimmers can get out of the water before the rest of the field and get a good peleton going in the bike leg they could whip the field by ending up minutes ahead at the start of the run. maybe

steve.......... south aust

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Oleg (Visitor)

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steve.......... south aust That's exactly what happened at US women's Olympic trials where Taormina, an exceptional swimmer, who got gold as part of the swimming relay in Atlanta, won the triathlon despite being several minutes slower than the best runners in the field

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Mike Conway (Visitor)

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The bike should not have drafting, really. Isn't drafting normally disallowed? Talk about a can of worms...go visit rec.sport.triathlon and look at the archived posts of the past few months to get a good feel for the controversy surrounding drafting/non-drafting triathlon. The sport was founded on the principles of individuality, hence the time-trial aspect of the bike portion

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