Questions: What are the Ironman Distance Triathlon Distances?
Answers: Ironman Distance triathlon is the Daddy of triathlons. It that refers to the brand “Ironman” but includes all long distance triathlons whether they are official Ironman events or not.
The distance of each discipline is more than enough to worry anyone attempting just one discipline.
Distances for Ironman Triathlon are:
- 2.4 miles (3.86km) swim
- 112 miles (180.25km) bike
- 26.2 miles (42.2km) run
Question: How long does it take to complete an Ironman Distance Triathlon?
Answer: An Ironman is completed in a single day, no breaks and time for recovery. Most races have a cut off time of 17 hours with individual cut off times after each discipline. This means you could well get to the end of the bike after 12 hours of exercise to be told your race was over and not allowed to attempt the marathon. In terms of targets it is less about time and more about finishing the race.
There is currently an ambition team trying to smash the male and female Ironman records with times of under 7 hours for the men and 8 hours for the women. If successful would be an incredible performance.
Question: How long does it take to train for an Ironman Distance Triathlon?
Answer: Training for a Ironman distance triathlon needs accepting that training time for something of this scale would be in terms of a full 12 months worth of planning and effort.