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Basic Triathlon questions from those who don't know

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LazyDaisy Mar 2023 4:20pm, 29 Mar 2023 37,926 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy Yes, my pool tri's and aquathlons have all stipulated exit via steps GM, so you'll be fine (if I'd had to haul myself out I might still be there ) Following the chat on the 'Smell' thread I looked back over my blogs about my initiation into the dark side - OW swim events and my first tri. fetcheveryone.com/blog-share.php?id=334899 and fetcheveryone.com/blog-share.php?id=353341 may or may not encourage you But bear in mind I've entered another Tri this year so it can't be that bad!
RichHL Mar 2023 11:30pm, 29 Mar 2023 21,078 posts	Quote Pin RichHL I did a pool swim at the start of a triathlon where we were all hoicked out of the shallow end by two or three burly chaps and told to get a move on.
GimmeMedals Mar 2023 3:59am, 30 Mar 2023 24,726 posts	Quote Pin GimmeMedals I did enjoy reading your blogs, LazyDaisy, and noted my comment on the 2nd one 😅 I messaged the organiser last night about getting out of the pool and he will put me in the lane which has the steps so I don’t have to worry about how I get out.
fetcheveryone Sep 2024 3:18pm, 24 Sep 2024 31,077 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone Here's one for the triathletes that I've unearthed during my database work today. Median T1 time is 145 seconds; and median T2 time is 85 seconds. (Median = middle. Can be more useful than averages, especially if a few people skew the data by nipping off for a shower after the swim).
The Mussile Sep 2024 3:24pm, 24 Sep 2024 1,174 posts	Quote Pin The Mussile @fetcheveryone I'm not sure how useful that stat is as the shorter events will generally have a very short transition time dictated mostly by the size of the Transition area and anything over half ironman distance will be skewed longer by people doing full kit changes for more comfortable clothing
fetcheveryone Sep 2024 3:26pm, 24 Sep 2024 31,078 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone Agreed - I should be able to subdivide it by race length though.
fetcheveryone Oct 2024 1:38pm, 30 Oct 2024 31,199 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone Here you go: fetcheveryone.com/blog/3/2024/10/490522
HellsBells 25 Apr 6:42pm, 25 Apr 2025 36,039 posts	Quote Pin HellsBells Hello everyone, could you do a bit of hand holding please? @Tiger Feet and I are doing the sprint in Nottingham in 3 weeks time. It’s her first triathlon and my second but my other one was 7 years ago and I had a whole bunch of Fetchies there holding my hand. I’ve got the usual worries - I’ll drown in the lake, people will laugh at my bike, I won’t make the cutoffs - but I can deal with them. What’s really causing me stress is trying to work out the logistics. I think we’re entered in the 12:30 non-competitive wave - at least I hope I am! I can’t work out what sort of time we should aim to arrive to deal with registration, racking etc. I’ve heard horror stories about the parking in previous years. I booked and paid for parking when I entered but if we don’t arrive at the crack of dawn will we still be able to park?? Mr HB always wants to leave things to the last possible minute whilst I’m a complete stress head and would rather be two hours early than a minute late. We’ve got a hotel booked nearby for the night before, but if we don’t need to be there til mid morning we could cancel, but then the A1 might be closed. All this stuff is keeping me awake at night, please help me sort it out Thank you xx
EvilPixie 25 Apr 6:49pm, 25 Apr 2025 65,938 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie The pack should say when to rack As you are a later wave the close parking will be full so expect a walk ie allow lots of time to walk from care to racking. Try to get everything in 1 bag so you don’t have to return to the car Smile Relax Smash it!
HellsBells 25 Apr 6:53pm, 25 Apr 2025 36,040 posts	Quote Pin HellsBells No packs being posted and there’s been no emails as yet