The results indicate that US life expectancy drops by 2 years when people sit for more than 3 hours a day, and another 1.4 years for watching TV more than 2 hours a day.
A half distance triathlon, also known as âmiddle distanceâ and sometimes referred to as a 70.3 (named for the total number of miles travelled) covers, as the name suggests, half the distance of the Iron-man. The required distances are a 1.93 km (1.2 miles) swim, a 90 km (56 miles) cycle and 21.9 km (13.1 mile) run.he Olympic distance triathlon, also known as âinternational distanceâ requires a 1.5 km (0.93 mile) swim, a 40 km (24.8 mile) cycle and a 10 km (6.2 mile) run.
There are a variety of triathlon race distances to accommodate all of the different skill levels out there. Some race types / distances vary from race to race, from continent to continent, while others distances are consistent with the lengths. The data below is for reference purposes, please check with the triathlon event for actual distances. Once in a while you will see 70.3 or 113. These numbers represent the total distance of the half while 140.6 or 226 represent the distances of a full iron distance event. Representation has now traveled down to the shorter distance with 5150 representing and Olympic distance triathlon event while 2575 signifies a Sprint distance triathlon race.