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A triathlon is a multiple-stage competition involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance disciplines.

While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances.

Triathletes compete for fastest overall course completion time, including timed "transitions" between the individual swim, cycle, and run components.

The word "triathlon" is of Greek origin from τρεῖς or treis ("three") and ἆθλος or athlos ("competition").

In sport, racing is a competition of speed, against an objective criterion, usually a clock or to a specific point.

The competitors in a race try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time.

Typically this involves some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific goal.

Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot.

Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions).

This is in contrast to walking, where one foot is always in contact with the ground, the legs are kept mostly straight and the center of gravity vaults over the stance leg or legs in an inverted pendulum fashion.

A characteristic feature of a running body from the viewpoint of spring-mass mechanics is that changes in kinetic and potential energy within a stride occur simultaneously, with energy storage accomplished by springy tendons and passive muscle elasticity.

The term running can refer to any of a variety of speeds ranging from jogging to sprinting.

The marathon is a long-distance running race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (26.219 miles, or 26 miles 385 yards), usually run as a road race.

The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides (more correctly, Philippides), a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory.

The 10K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of ten kilometres (6.2 miles).

Also referred to as the 10K road race, 10 km, or simply 10K, it is one of the most common types of road running event, alongside the shorter 5K and longer half marathon and marathon.

It is usually distinguished from the 10,000 metres track running event by stating the distance in kilometres, rather than metres.