Ironman

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The Ironman Triathlon is an annual event which takes place with the the United States in the state of Hawaii including/understanding three stages of endurance: Swimming, Cycling, and Race on foot. This competition is at Kailua-Kona (Hawaii) and implies 3,86 kilometers of stroke (crossed bay of Kailua-Kona), followed by 180,2 kilometers of cycle race (return ticket of Keauhou with Hawi), and a marathon (that is to say 42,2 kilometers of race on foot) along the coast of Big Island (of Keauhou towards Keahole Point towards Kailua-Kona).

" Ironman Triathlon" is a Registered trademark of the World Triathlon Corporation. Because of the popularity of Ironman Triathlon, several other events were established in the world to be used like qualifications with the championship of the world for Hawaii. Competitions having the same generic name " Iron Outdistances Triathlon " the same distances and format have that Ironman; there exist also different Triathlon S with a similar format but at shorter distances.

History

Ironman Triathlon was the first major competition of the kind. First Ironman Triathlons were held with Honolulu February 1978 with 1980. In 1981, the competition moved towards the least urbanized Big Island by Valerie Silk. In 1982, Silk moved the date of the race from February to October. So this same year it there thus have two competitions of organized.

The original idea of Ironman Triathlon came during the ceremony from the awards from Perimeter Relay (a basic race by teams of 5 people) from 1977 to Oahu. Among the participants, there were many representatives of Mid-Pacific Road Runners and Waikiki Swim Club, whose members discussed for a long time which were the largest athletes, runners or swimmers. To this occasion, the commander of U.S. Navy John Collins indicated that a recent article in the magazine Sports Illustrated declared that Eddy Merckx, the large Belgian cyclist, held the record d'" oxygen uptake " and that no athlete had been able to equalize it, therefore perhaps the cyclists were more athletic than the other sportsmen. The commander Collins and his wife, Judy, had taken part in the triathlons organized in 1974 and 1975 by San Diego Track Club in and around Mission Bay, California, like in Optimist Sports Fiesta Triathlon with Coronado, California, in 1975. Several other soldiers in the public were also accustomed races of San Diego, and they included/understood the concept quickly when the commander Collins suggested that the debate is sliced by a race combining the three competitions of long distance existing on the island; the Waikiki Roughwater Swim (3,85 km), the cycle race Around-Oahu (115 miles; originally a competition over 2 days) and the marathon of Honolulu (42,195 km). It is good to note that nobody present at this time there had never carried out a cycle race; Cdt. Hakes calculated that by shortening the race of 3 miles and while rolling clockwise around the island, the cyclist part could start on arrival of Waikiki Rough Water and finish in Aloha Tower, the traditional departure of the marathon of Honolulu. In order to contribute, each athlete accepted a paper of three pages listing some rules and a description of the race. Writing with the hand on the last page, one could read this exhortation: “Swim 2.4 miles! Bike 112 miles! Run 26.2 miles! Brag for the rest off your life!” (“Swim 2,4 Miles! Roll 112 miles! Will run 26,2 miles! You for the remainder of your life praise! ”). With a sign of approval to a local runner which was manifestly known for its demanding training sessions, Collins known as: " Whoever finishes first, we' L cal him the Iron Man." (“That which finishes first, we will call it him the iron man. ”). Of the fifteen men having started the test early the morning of February 18th, 1978, twelve completed the race and first Ironman of the world, Gordon Haller, achieves it in 11 hours, 46 minutes, and 58 seconds.

Without any effort of communication, the race gathered 50 athletes the following year. The race, however, was delayed one day because of bad weather conditions; fifteen candidates only took the departure of the race Sunday morning. Tom Warren, 35 years, gained in 11 hours, 15 minutes, and 56 seconds. Lyn Lemaire, a champion cyclist of Boston, finished sixth and became the first “Ironwoman”.

Hakes projected to replace the race by a relay to attract more participants, but the journalist Barry McDermott of “Sports Illustrated' S journalist”, who was in the sector to cover a tournament of Golf, discovered the race and wrote ten pages on the subject. During the year which followed, of the hundreds of curious participants contacted Collins.

Ironman triathlon inspired the addition of the Triathlon (in spite of shorter distances) to the Olympic Games of summer of 2000 with Sydney.

Events of qualification

In 2005 there existed seventeen qualificative races Ironman Triathlon throughout the world:

Other races using of the different names are held with the Brésil, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, South Africa and the the United States inter alia.

Another method to qualify itself is the Ironman lottery. 150 places are reserved for the athletes who take part in the lottery, 50 being reserved for international, the 100 others are it for the American athletes. These 150 people are selected among 3000 participants.

Today

The format of Ironman remains unchanged, and Ironman Hawaien is always seen like the most important triathlon in the world. It is named besides Championnat of the Ironman World. For its 25th birthday on October 18th 2003, approximately 1500 athletes took part. The Belgian Luc Van Lierde is the holder of the world records Ironman (7: 50: 27) and the holder of the record of the Championships of the Ironman World in Hawaii.

Ironman Triathlon is an event which pushes the participants in the limits of the endurance. Some, however, find the distances a little short compared to their limits. So events like doubles it iron triathlon appeared. More extreme formats thus evolved/moved; there are in fact triple, the quadruple, the quintuple, the decaf, and the 15× ironman which are multiples of the original distances from the ironman triathlon. The world records in the quintuple and decaf ironman belong to a woman, Astrid Benöhr.

Triathlètes legendary of Ironman

  • Paula Newby-Fraser

    • 8 victorious times of Ironman of Hawaii (absolute records)
    • 6 consecutive victories in Hawaii (absolute records)
    • 23 victories Ironman (absolute records)

  • Dave Scott

    • 6 times winner of Ironman of Hawaii (male record)
    • Its nickname is " The Man" (the Man)

  • Mark Allen

    • 6 times winner of Ironman of Hawaii (male record)
    • 5 victories consecutive in Hawaii
    • Its nickname is " The Grip"

  • Luc Van Lierde

    • world records at distance Ironman (7: 50: 27) carried out in Roth (Germany)
    • record on Ironman of Hawaii (8: 04: 08)

Prize list

Championship of the world of Ironman of Hawaii

Men

Women

Others

Laurent Jalabert, former French racing cyclist who was in particular world number one of his discipline of 1995 to 1997 and in 1999, takes part in Ironman of Zurich. It is classified 22e in 9:12 m29s and is qualified as of its first attempt for Ironman of Hawaii 2007 when it finishes with the 76ème place in 9:19 m58s. At the time of the test of cycling (180.2kms) of this Ironman sum of money it will catch up with not less than 939 competitors which had preceded it in the test of swimming where its " is located; not faible". At the time of the last 15 kilometers of the test cyclist, it slackened his effort, in preparation for the marathon which it finished in approximately 3:10.

External bonds

  • Official site
  • Any knowledge on the qualification for Ironman of Hawaii
  • New IRON format MAN 100% French

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