Tri / Triathlon / Triathlons - do they float your boat?

I am in difficulty - yesterday I think I agreed to do a bi-athalon thing, so no swimming - just the running and cycling, just.....the two..... #holdsheadinhands

Any one in particular?

I can share my duathlon strategy if you like (die on the first run, spend way too much time in T1 recovering, have a good bike leg and overtake a few people on the hills, die a bit more on the second run, come in at a mediocre but not utterly humiliating time, thanks only to an ok bike time). I have 3 before the end of the year, and fully expect to do this in all of them. Or you might want to ask someone who actually does ok.