speed during bike dismount

7.5 mph = 8 min mile.

So if you can't run an 8 min mile, I suggest you keep the speed under 10 mph.  The bike is usually going over 10 when I start the dismount, but by the time I actually get my foot on the ground to start running, the speed is 10 or less.  You should be dismounting at the last moment anyway, and not riding on the side for the last 1/4 mile anyway, so the time you might lose by not doing it faster would be negligable.

I throw my leg over with about 100 meters to the dismount line.  You 'coast' up to just before the lone and jump off.  I'd say I'm still going around 10 mph or so when I 'jump' off.   My feet hitting the ground is the brake I use.   But practice this!  The last thing you want to do is crash at the dismount line and hold everyone else up.  Plus don't cross the dismount line still on your bike, bad bad.

Plus the volenteers freak out if you're still riding as you approach them!  They still freak out even if you're on one side, but it makes them feel a bit better.

I have NO idea! Never thought of that before  I guess I wait until the very last minute. I watched many ITU videos available on their site and mimic what they do.

That's a good idea! Do you just go to www.triathlon.org for the videos?

thanks! 

Jorge, they do if you take the sign down! 

I've  never really practiced it, I just kinda do it.  You can also try when you are coming into the end of your ride.  Unclip one shoe and put both feet on the same side.  Kinda like women use to ride horses.  It will get you use to being on the same side of the bike.

Here's what not to do, from my race report.

I had planned on just unclipping and running the bike in. So I thought well, I'll make up for not being able to pass by getting my feet out of the shoes. This process took longer than I thought and I look up after getting my shoes loosened and I'm AT the dismount line. I stop the bike, unclip and start running the bike. Now my pre-loosened shoes are clip clopping on the bottom of my feet. I feel like an , stop, take my shoes off, and carry my shoes while running my bike to the rack. I don't think it cost me a ton of time but I need to do one or the other transition method, half of each is NOT the way to go.

What really ticked me off was that as I'm doing this people are flying past me into T2 on their bikes.  It was not crowded and there was lots of space so there was no safety issue at that time, but I'm thinking "come on people, stop at the line like they ask us to, you wouldn't cut a corner on the course would you?"

So, I've been trying it out, but here's the problem - I swing my right foot over the saddle, but then it's behind my left foot, which is on top of the shoe. But how do you start running like that? My left foot is where all my weight is, so either I hop onto the left foot and start running, or somehow get my right foot in front.

In that article (correct link is: http://www.trigearreview.com/forms/Article.aspx?REVID=217)

it says to get your right foot in front - but HOW??

thanks!