I am thinking about doing one or two sprint triathlons during the summer and maybe an olympic depending on how particularly my swimm training progresses.

Has anyone here done any of the small local ones like Bantiger or Spiez? Are everyone doing these events in Switzerland ultra fit, or is it like in the UK where you will also have a couple of fat blokes at the back coming in whilst everyone else have finished the shower? My wife refuse to come and support if it is the former (as I am likely to belong to the latter

If you go to Datasport you will see lots of races you can do in Summer. You'll have so much fun especially if you can join a triathlon club. There seems to be all kinds at the bigger reaches (Lausanne and Zurich). You could get your wife involved by doing team events