Basic Triathlon questions from those who don't know

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LazyDaisy Mar 2023 4:20pm, 29 Mar 2023 37,926 posts	0 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	0 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	0 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 24 Sep 3:18pm, 24 Sep 2024 31,077 posts	0 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 24 Sep 3:24pm, 24 Sep 2024 1,174 posts	0 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 24 Sep 3:26pm, 24 Sep 2024 31,078 posts	0 fetcheveryone Agreed - I should be able to subdivide it by race length though.
fetcheveryone 30 Oct 1:38pm, 30 Oct 2024 31,199 posts	0 fetcheveryone Here you go: fetcheveryone.com/blog/3/2024/10/490522