Swim, Cycle and Run times for a sprint

Most races post times on the web.  For example, here is a link to a series of Tris in Georgia.

http://www.tribluesky.com/

You can look up age group results to get a ballpark of what other people are doing.

It won't help you much to run somebody else's race though.  You need to stay pretty close to your training pace and training heart rate.  Keep records of your workouts and stay within your ability.  Even a "sprint" tri is a pretty long event.

TW

Unless you are planning to try and take home some hardware, the time for you that is good is if you did the best you could possibly do that day, average is if you stayed in a comfort zone and and poor is if something went really wrong.  Your best race can't be dependent on someone else's time.  Only compare yourself with yourself.  (Okay, I'm off my soap box now).

Sharon

Sharon is right on here -- do your own "race" if yu must consider it a race rather than an event. Also -- each Tri will have a different time depending on several things -- wind? rain? terrain? .1 of a mile longer or shorter measurement?

Just do it and enjoy it, if it's your first one -- it will be your last first one, so really savor the feelings of pride and sccomplishment you will have.

my 2 cents....

Your enthusiasm is awesome!  But savoring the enjoyment of your first tri might be difficult if you're pressuring yourself to beat a relay team.  Believe me, I just did a marathon and someone convinced me that I could do it in < 3:30, whereas my previous goal was 3:45.  I put so much pressure on myself that I screwed up some things in the beginning and was happy to get myself across the line in 3:51.  Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled with 3:51.  But if I kept with my original plan, I might not have hurt so much and possibly gotten my original goal.  (okay, maybe I'm not off my soapbox yet!)

Sharon