The SLO triathlon was set up as a completion triathlon rather than one with competition as its main focus. The triathlon is an all day event and had over 1,000 people register for it! I was lucky that I registered early for it and got an early start time. I was there at 7am. Ugh! But at least the weather was going to be cool and not hot like folks who got a 12pm or later start time.
The distance was not far considering I did an Olympic triathlon first. The SLO distance was
1/2 mile swim, 15.3 mile bike and a 3.1 mile run. Not far unless you did not train for it.
What I did to train for this one. ....
