Triathlons

You have to make a difference between an olympic triathlon to a non olympic one. Olympic triathlons rules are strict and clear. It's and olympic profession on all it's aspects. There are many, non olympic, different contests which cover more then one profession. These contests, sometimes called triathlons because they cover 3 professions, may have different rules according to the organizers. You'll be suprised and sometimes even amused how different can the rules get.

Most triathlons will be swim-bike-run triathlons.

But sometimes triathlons include canoeing or kayaking instead of the swimming portion, and this makes the logistics a little harder, as this will cover a longer distance than swimming.  A lot of these run as run-canoe-bike or run-bike-canoe.