Originally Posted by
ok_commuter
Just curious. I swam competitively for 8 or 9 years and love to ride, but I've always hated running (and can't for the time being) so I've never seriously considered triathlons. Part of my ongoing mid-life crisis seems to be enhanced competitiveness, so I'm sort of considering them now. But I doubt I'd get a special bike. And maybe I'd just fast-walk the run part.

Google "aqua-bike": - it's a triathlon (or a biathlon, I guess) without the running.
EDIT: here you go
http://www.usatriathlon.org/MultiSpo...sciplines.aspx