Why triathlon?

Triathlon takes you back to your childhood. It is a return to the carefree days of summer when you played basketball, swam, played kickball, biked, and continuously ran around breaking only for lunch and dinner. There are differences, of course. As a child I never worried about my multi-sport performance--as an adult there is worry (will I perform well, will I get a flat tire, will I bonk), and fear (can I really swim that far, was that a big fish I just saw), and a sense of accomplishment at a new personal best or merely just finishing. More powerful then those differences, however, are the similarities. The most significant of which is the moment in every race when I am 10 years old running between activities in my pro-keds.