Typical Endurance Events

In the interest of educating some readers of this blog on what exactly are the endurance events that will be topics of future posts, this post will be dedicated to providing you with some background information on typical endurance events.

Running Endurance Events:
- 5 km Road Race;
- 10 km Road Race;
- Half Marathon (21.1 km)
- Marathon (42.2 km)
- Ultramarathons (50 km to 50 miles)

Triathlon Endurance Events
- Sprint Triathlon (750 m swim, 20 km bike, 5 km run)
- Olympic Triathlon (1.5 km swim, 40 km bike, 10 km run)
- Half Ironman (1.9 km swim, 90 km bike, 21.1 km run)
- Ironman (3.8 km swim, 180 km bike, 42.2 km run)

Open Water Swimming Endurance Events
- 5 km Open Water Swim
- 10 km Open Water Swim

Note: There is another endurance event that will be discussed in future posts and it is the Ultraman which is a three day staged event. Day 1 (Stage 1) - 10 km Swim, 90 mile bike; Day 2 (Stage 2) - 170 mile bike; Day 3 (Stage 3) - 52.4 mile run.

Hope this helps!