Question - What's got three legs and kills you?

Answer: - Triathlon
The swim leg, the bike leg and the run leg! :D

Ever since triathlon featured at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, it has been increasing in popularity everywhere.

The excitement of racing head to head against others across three completely different disciplines - all of which demand different strengths and skills - has caught the imagination of the public.

All you need to take part in this new and exciting sport is to be able to swim a bit, have access to a bike and be able to run/walk/crawl. Some say there is a fourth leg to triathlon: the transition. This is the time taken to go from discipline to discipline. Swim to bike and from bike to run. The clock doesn't stop for these transitions so speed is of the essence, rather than comfort!

Don't worry about going straight in at the deep end. There are plenty of races to offer the budding triathlete, of all different distances. There are recognised distances for each discipline and these are usually matched to the event category. The swim can take place in a pool, or in open water - lake, river or sea.