Triathlon is made up of 3 disciplines, swimming, cycling and running - it is always in that order.

Transition is the area where you change from Swim to go on the bike and from when you finish the bike to going on the run.

 

There are different distances for the 5 age groups as follows, and age is at 31 December.

 

TriStart : Age 8 years

Swim - 50m

Cycle - 800m

Run - 600m

TriStar 1 : Age 9-10 years

Swim - 150m

Cycle - 2km

Run - 1.2km

TriStar 2 Age : 11-12 years

Swim - 200m

Cycle - 4km

Run - 1.8km

TriStar 3 Age : 13-14 years

Swim - 300m

Cycle - 6km

Run - 2.4km

Youth : 15-16 years

Swim - 400m

Cycle - 8km

Run - 3km

There are some variations to this; cycling on grass or tarmac, pool swim or open water swim.