If you survey people who have completed a triathlon and ask them why they wanted to participate in the sport-what got them there-you may get an answer included in the list below: I had too many running injuries and neede...If you survey people who have completed a triathlon and ask them why they wanted to participate in the sport-what got them there-you may get an answer included in the list below: I had too many running injuries and needed to do crosstraining to heal myself