8 Tips for Racing Your First Sprint Triathlon
The TriDot Triathlon Podcast
TriDot Triathlon Training
4.9 • 634 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
The sprint triathlon may be the shortest distance in the sport, but for many athletes it can feel like the toughest and it definitely hurts the most! To help you race smarter (and hurt a little less), Coach Ben Sommerville joins us this week with eight practical tips to prepare for your next sprint triathlon. From having a solid race-morning plan (yes, including parking), to knowing the course, understanding the rules, and pacing your effort, this episode covers the details that can make or break your race. Whether you’re lining up for your first sprint or you’re a seasoned racer looking to sharpen your strategy, these tips will help you arrive confident, race strong, and most importantly, enjoy the finish line!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the TriDop Podcast. |
| 0:05.1 | Really excited for our talk today. |
| 0:06.6 | I always like talking about race day. |
| 0:08.7 | We do all the training. |
| 0:10.3 | We listen to the triathlon podcast. |
| 0:12.2 | We talk about the sport. |
| 0:13.1 | We think about the sport. |
| 0:14.2 | We dream about the sport. |
| 0:16.0 | All for race day. |
| 0:17.1 | And so we're going to do a couple weeks series where I just bring one coach on and we |
| 0:22.6 | talk to that coach about how to have a successful day at the races for each distance. And today |
| 0:28.9 | we have coach Ben Somerville from Precision Coaching based in the UK. And he is here to talk |
| 0:34.8 | to us about how to race a sprint triathlon successfully. |
| 0:39.6 | Coach Ben is the two-time national sprint distance champion in the UK and a 10-time age group medalist. |
| 0:47.6 | So he's got some silver and bronze medals in there too that he wishes were gold, but that's a different story. |
| 0:52.3 | So he's fast and he is well equipped to talk us through how to have a successful day at the races when we are towing the line for a sprint triathlon. |
| 1:00.2 | And Ben and I have come up with a list of eight tips that we think are going to help you out on race day. |
| 1:07.6 | Ben, thanks so much for jumping on the talk about this one. |
| 1:09.9 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:11.0 | I love sprint triathlon. This is where I started. It's my, it's my secret love. Well, it's not |
| 1:16.6 | even a secret love. So I'm so excited to help people get the information they need to have their |
| 1:21.6 | best best time. And I am Andrew the average triathlete voice voice of the people, slower than Ben and captained |
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