Calories Torched
On the charts below, you can see that a 130-pound racer burns some 945 calories in a sprint race and around 7,464 in an IRONMAN. That racer's 180-pound friend that is racing the same distances at the same pace burns 1,309 for the sprint and a whopping 10,335 in an IRONMAN.
How many calories burned in a triathlon? A lot.
130-Pound Triathlete
180-Pound Triathlete
Source: Nutristrategy.com
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