* Triathlon The resort Playitas on the south coast is since around 2008 equipped with a 50 m swimming pool and has become one of the most popular destinations for triathlon training camps for Europeans.

The word " triathlon " is of Greek origin from τρεις or trei ( three ) and αθλος or athlos ( contest ).

According to the International Triathlon Union, and USA Triathlon, the main international race distances are Sprint Distance, which has a swim, cycling, run ; Intermediate ( or Standard ) distance, commonly referred to as " Olympic distance " ( swim, bike, run ; the Long Course ( swim, ride, run, such as the Half Ironman ), and Ultra Distance ( swim, ride, and a full marathon: run ); the most recognized branded Ultra Distance is the Ironman triathlon.

According to triathlon historian and author Scott Tinley ( and others ), the origin of triathlon is attributed to a race during the 1920s – 1930s that was called variously " Les trois sports ", " La Course des Débrouillards ", and " La course des Touche à Tout ".

It was reportedly not inspired by the French events, although a race the following year at Fiesta Island, San Diego, California, is sometimes called ' the first triathlon in America.

International Ultra-Triathlon Association ( IUTA ) is the official governing body of Ultratriathlon which involves triathlon in longer distances than Ironman.

Eventing is an equestrian triathlon, in that it combines three different disciplines in one competition set out over one, two, or three days, depending on the length of courses and number of entries.

An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation ( WTC ) consisting of a swim, a bike and a marathon run, raced in that order and without a break.

* The Challenge Family is a series of large full, including Challenge Roth, and half iron-distance triathlon races.

In April it is host to a popular triathlon called the Peaks to Prairie.

The first weekend in August is Hospital Day, featuring a small carnival, a parade, and a triathlon to help raise money for the local hospital.

The Jay Challenge is a combination adventure race and triathlon that occurs yearly in and around Jay.

Because the bicycle route includes a ride up an extremely steep hill known as " The Beast ", this triathlon is often nicknamed " Beauty and the Beast ".

Formed in 2003 and known as FVS TRI until November 2009, Team Trisports is a Hitchin based triathlon club.

In addition to triathlon, the club is affiliated to England Athletics and British Cycling.

New Mexico Tech is located approximately an hour south of Albuquerque in a region of high deserts to subalpine mountains that offers considerable outdoor recreation opportunities, including rock climbing, road and mountain biking, a triathlon, and hiking opportunities.

Surfing is very popular in Perranporth with its long sands and beach break, the surf life saving club and hosting a triathlon event every autumn.

In 2009 the club is also organising a triathlon in Fleetwood.

There is also a kids ' triathlon for island residents on the day preceding the main race.

The long-distance Challenge Roth triathlon, which is held annually in July, includes a 3. 8 km swim in the Main-Danube Canal at Hilpoltstein.

Winter Duathlon is a take off Winter triathlon with Run-XC Ski-Run legs.

Another use of the duathlon is in cross country skiing where skiers have a mass start using the classical technique and ski a specific distance ( men-15 km, women-7. 5 km ), then change their skis, poles, and boots in a pit stop manner similar to a triathlon, then ski at the same specific distance ( men-15 km, women-7. 5 km ) in the freestyle ( skating ) technique.

Paula Newby-Fraser is regarded as an icon for the Ironman distance in triathlon.

Scholarships are available in six core sports: football, golf, swimming and disability swimming, taekwondo, tennis and triathlon, which allow student athletes to prepare for international competition.

Training for the Ironman or Iron-distance triathlon requires preparing for long-distance competition in three events.

The individual all-around was a combination of the gymnastic triathlon competition and the athletics triathlon.

The triathlon competition for the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in this area.

A new Ironman package debuted for the LS, marking Isuzu's sponsorship of the Ironman triathlon competition.

On the second Olympic triathlon competition, at age eighteen, she finished in eighth place with a total time of 2: 06: 15. 39.

An aquatics carnival, athletics carnival, triathlon, and a cross-country involve students in inter-house competition.

The three typical components of triathlon: swimming, cycling, and running

Athletes exercising in extreme conditions ( for three or more hours continuously e. g. marathon or triathlon ) who do not consume electrolytes risk dehydration ( or hyponatremia ).

Four time Olympic athlete 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics ), and first woman to qualify in three different Olympic sports events ( freestyle swimming, triathlon and modern pentathlon.

Bicycling often takes up the largest area of the three legs of a triathlon making it, in a practical sense, the most difficult leg for a race director to manage.

At the first triathlon of this French circuit in Dunkirk ( 23 May 2010 ) she placed 5th and was the best triathlete of her club, at the second triathlon in Beauvais ( 13 June 2010 ) she placed 6th and was again among the three athlètes classants l ' equipe, and in Paris ( 18 July 2010 ) she also achieved an overall top ten position placing ninth and being again the best of the female Châteuroux triathletes.

She took part in all three Olympic Games with triathlon competitions, placing 15th ( Sydney 2000 ), 11th ( Athens 2004 ), and 33rd ( Beijing 2008 ) respectively, and according to the ITU Olympic ranking she is again by far the best female German triathlete and will represent Germany at the London 2012 Olympics in August 2012.

People have recognised this and the Stabyhoun is now used in almost all imaginable forms of training and activity: dog agility, obedience, hunting, triathlon, endurance, frisbee, and others.

An off-road triathlon requires a higher degree of technical biking skill, as opposed to the high speed and endurance demands of road biking in a road triathlon.

There are other swimming and water related sporting disciplines including diving, synchronised swimming and water polo, as well as sports which include a swimming element, such as triathlon and modern pentathlon.

The critically acclaimed sports performance collection “ adidas by Stella McCartney ,” has since successfully grown to include several athletic disciplines including running, gym, yoga, tennis, swimming, golf, winter sports and triathlon.

The International Triathlon Union or ITU is the international governing body for the multi-sport disciplines of triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon and other nonstandard variations.