Triathlons have gained immense popularity over the last few years due to many reasons from wanting to challenge oneself further and achieving targets way over what has been achieved so far in life through to the variation and interest that doing a triathlon brings.

The half ironman distance is almost a mid way race between the Olympic distance triathlon and the full ironman. Add to this this this initial entry point of the mini or sprint triathlon and you you have the whole range of triathlon distances to choose from.

The natural progression if you are considering going the whole half ironman distance is to start with the sprint, to the full triathlon and then the half ironman.

To discover all about this gruelling challenge go take a look here – half ironman distance