Subject: RE: Sprint Triathlon - what is a good finishing time? How did you do compared to the other athletes. That will give you a clearer picture of how you stack up. Also, any time you finish, it's a successful race. So congrats on your first finishing your first triathlon! However, if you really want a take on your times... Base on an average course, and a middle aged person (I have no idea how hard your course was o how old your are are even if you are male or female ). An average swim would be less than 2:00/100, so 8 min to do 400 is average. A fast swimmer will do it in about 5-6 minutes. An average biker can do a sprint I'm guessing around 20 miles per hour. So they would finish the 8 mile bike in about 24 minutes. A fast biker can go over 25mph, so they could do the 8 miles in less than 20 minutes. An average runner will run under 8:00 miles in a sprint. It would take them less than 15 minutes to run 3k. A fast runner can run 6:00 miles so they would be done with the 3k in about 11 minutes. Add 3-4 minutes for transitions. An average adult on an average course should be done with that sprint in about 50 minutes. A leader would be done in 38-39 minutes if I did my math right. But this doesn't really matter since it's making a lot of assumptions on course/athlete/weather. It makes no difference. How you did compared to others racing on that course and on that day is all that matters. |