Ultra-triathlon body of Ultra Triathlon. Ultra-triathlon An ultra-triathlon is a long-distance triathlon. The term generally refers to all triathlon events of distance greater than the Ironman Triathlon. Thus, every ultra triathlon event must involve more than of swimming, of cycling, and a full marathon () of running. The most common distances are the double, triple, quadruple, quintuple and deca triathlon. Unlike a standard triathlon event, an ultra-triathlon event may not necessarily involve the three component disciplines of triathlon (swimming, cycling and running) in direct consecutive order, but may instead consist of multiple consecutive individual triathlons performed on consecutive days. The IUTA
Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games a course consisting of one lap. bike course – 6 km. The bike course consisted of one lap of a 6 km course. run course – 1.6 km. The run course consisted of two laps. "Glasgow 2014 Triathlon Events at Strathclyde Park". Triathlonscotland.org. 21 July 2014 Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games The Triathlon competitions at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, were held in Strathclyde Country Park. The men's and women's individual events were held on Thursday 24 July and women's triathlon was the first medal event of the Games. Mixed team relay was held on Saturday 26 July