Build your Fort Worth Triathlon II plan
Your coach opens with the Fort Worth Triathlon II set for October 3, 2027, asks about your week and your fitness, then writes every session of your Olympic-distance triathlon plan. Free, and you can start as a guest. About 49 weeks to go.
Start your Fort Worth Triathlon II plan- Formats
- Sprint, Olympic, Run-Bike-Run
- Sport
- Triathlon
- Taper starts
- September 24, 2027
Fort Worth Triathlon II distances
- Sprint 0.3 mi swim, 12.5 mi bike, 3.1 mi run
- Olympic 0.9 mi swim, 25 mi bike, 6.2 mi run
- Run-Bike-Run 16.6 mi
Course
The Fort Worth Triathlon II course
Everything starts and finishes at the Marine Creek public boat ramp off Northwest Loop 820 in north Fort Worth, with one transition area for all three races. The swim is in Marine Creek Reservoir, a calm man-made lake: 500 m for the Sprint and 1,500 m for the Olympic.
Read the full course notes
Sprint and Run-Bike-Run athletes ride 12.5 miles and Olympic athletes 25 miles, then run a 5K or 10K from the same transition; Run-Bike-Run racers open with a 1-mile run before the bike. Waves go off in order: Olympic at 7:30 a.m., Sprint at 8:00 a.m. and Run-Bike-Run at 8:05 a.m. The cutoffs are generous but real: 30 minutes for the Sprint swim, 60 minutes for the Olympic swim, the bike course closes at 10:45 a.m. and the whole course at noon.
- Formats
- Sprint, Olympic, Run-Bike-Run
- Race-day conditions
- Playtri lists the water at typically 72–78 °F, with the official reading taken one hour before the start; under USA Triathlon rules wetsuits are permitted up to 78 °F and allowed but not award-eligible from 78.1 to 84 °F. Around early October, NOAA 1991–2020 normals for Fort Worth Meacham usually run from lows of about 60–62 °F to highs of about 82–84 °F, so it can be warm by the time Olympic athletes are on the run. Start drinking early on the bike and carry more fluid than a short race seems to need.
What to train for
Open water without walls is the biggest adjustment, so get three or four open-water swims in, practice sighting every 6 to 8 strokes in the pool, and rehearse a swim without a wetsuit in case the reading lands above 78 °F.
Build race-pace bike blocks that match your distance (2 x 15 minutes for the Sprint, 3 x 20 minutes for the Olympic) and finish each with a 10 to 15 minute run off the bike.
Run-Bike-Run athletes should practice a relaxed opening mile, then a brick that ends with a 5K at goal pace. Set up your transition at home and walk through it twice so race morning feels familiar.
Sample week
A sample Fort Worth Triathlon II training week
A week from the middle of the build, about six weeks out. Your plan sets the real distances and paces from your own fitness and adjusts them every week as you train.
- Monday
- Swim, 45 min: drills and technique
- Tuesday Key session
- Bike, 1 h with threshold intervals
- Wednesday
- Swim, 45 min: steady intervals at race effort
- Easy run, 40 min
- Thursday Key session
- Run, 40 min with tempo segments
- Friday
- Rest, or 20 minutes of mobility
- Saturday Key session
- Long ride, 1 h 30 min, then a 20 min run off the bike
- Sunday
- Long run, 1 h easy
Your build to race day
Taper
Tapering for the Fort Worth Triathlon II
Start the taper seven to ten days before race day. Trim the volume in all three sports, keep short race-pace efforts in each, and do one last short brick so running off the bike still feels familiar. With the race on October 3, 2027, your taper starts around September 24, 2027.
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Fort Worth Triathlon II training questions
How long should I train for the Fort Worth Triathlon II?
Most athletes give a Olympic-distance triathlon twelve to sixteen weeks of focused training on top of an existing base. The coach counts back from your actual race date, so if you have less time than that it builds the best plan the remaining weeks allow rather than pretending you have longer.
What is the Fort Worth Triathlon II course like?
Everything starts and finishes at the Marine Creek public boat ramp off Northwest Loop 820 in north Fort Worth, with one transition area for all three races.
How cold is the water at the Fort Worth Triathlon II?
Playtri lists the water at typically 72–78 °F, with the official reading taken one hour before the start; under USA Triathlon rules wetsuits are permitted up to 78 °F and allowed but not award-eligible from 78.1 to 84 °F. Around early October, NOAA 1991–2020 normals for Fort Worth Meacham usually run from lows of about 60–62 °F to highs of about 82–84 °F, so it can be warm by the time Olympic athletes are on the run. Start drinking early on the bike and carry more fluid than a short race seems to need.
When should I start tapering for the Fort Worth Triathlon II?
Start the taper seven to ten days before race day. Trim the volume in all three sports, keep short race-pace efforts in each, and do one last short brick so running off the bike still feels familiar. With the race on October 3, 2027, your taper starts around September 24, 2027.
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