Triathlon - Muhammad Azsyakirin (29)

Triathlon consists of three sports: swimming, cycling, running. Triathletes compete for fastest overall course completion time, including timed "transitions" between the individual swim, bike, and run components.

Triathlon races vary in distance. Triathlon races vary in distance. According to the International Triathlon Union, and USA Triathlon, the main international race distances are Sprint distance (750 m swim, 20 km bike, 5 km run), Intermediate distance, commonly referred to as "Olympic distance" (1.5 km swim, 40 km ride, 10 km run), the Long Course (1.9 km swim, 90 km ride, 21.1 km run, such as the Half Ironman), and Ultra Distance (3.8 km swim, 180 km ride, and a marathon: 42.2 km run); the most popular branded Ultra Distance is the Ironman triathlon. There are also other types of Traithlon, for example, Kids of Steel, for ages 7 to 14, and there are also Half and Full.

Swim 2.4 miles! Bike 112 miles! Run 26.2 miles! Brag for the rest of your life! — Commander Collins, USN (1978)

Credits:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triathlon