I've done a number of team tri's all mostly fun.

The hardest on one level was when I thought I'd get smart and do 2 legs, swim and bike and have a female runner, so we'd be a mixed team. I had done this tri the year prior (Seacrest/TOBAY on Long Island) as a team and did the bike leg, having a terrific bike time with team placing 1st in age, all male. The swim to bike transition was tough for me on year 2 and my bike time was easily 2 minutes slower over a 14 mile distance. Learned my lesson about needing to practice the swim to bike transition (had no blood in my legs after the swim) And as it turned out the women running was a very slow runner. Also did the Cochiti Tri in New Mexico once. Had a male runner billed as the "100/200" yard state running champ. All well and good except he'd never gone longer then 5K and this was 10. Oops, took him nearly an hr. We didn't place.

Then I did bike leg on a Jones Beach Tri one year. The surf was so bad they moved the swim to the bay and made the swimmers run in their wet suits about a mile to the transition. They were pissed !. The we bikers got to ride half the 7 mile loop into a 45 mph headwind. THAT was no fun, seriously and I realized I wasn't enjoying myself so stopped competing, even though our team placed.