Average time to finish a sprint Triathlon

Jim-

sprints vary in their length, so times will too.  A "sprint" is supposed to be something elites can do in under an hour, so the first accross the finish line will generally start there.  To find the spread of finishers, you should likely check the website for the race you're doing.  Races usually have the last year(s) time(s) up, so you can get an idea from that.  Otherwise, just figure out how long it takes you to do each leg, add them up, and there you go.

the sprint he is talking about has the following dstances.

500m swim, 17km bike, 4 km run

I'll be doing it too!!

Here is a link to last years results.

 http://www.multisportcanada.com/ms/events/display_results.cfm?.resultID=233

The top finisher was 56:01, last finisher (where complete timing results are given) was 1:51:53.  I'm not going to worry about a time, I just wanna finish and get the first one of the season under my belt.   Jim, take a look at how the times are broken down and you'll see the average speeds of the racers, plus their transition times.  Its kinda neat to chceck out that info.  It also gives age groups so you can scope out your competiton.  Hope that helps,

Elly 

I did my first sprint two years ago as a 50-year-old newbie in 2:02.  Went out way too fast on the swim and bike and crashed & burned during the run.  Had to do a lot of walking.  Wasn't DFL, but close to it.  My goal was to finish, and I did that.  Learned tons about triathlons during that first race.

Last year I did the same race in 1:30. The overall winner was at 0:56 and first place in my age group was around 1:12.  I was still in the bottom half of my age group but at least in the pack.  I had one bad race last year when I did a 2:05, but most of the time I was in the mid 1:40's.  Most of my improvement has come in swimming and cycling.  Running is still my curse.   My typical pattern last year was holding my own during the swim, passing some people on the bike, and then getting passed by more people during the run.