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IRONMAN UK took place from 2012 to 2023. In 2024, IRONMAN UK will become IRONMAN 70.3 Bolton. To register your interest for IRONMAN 70.3 Bolton, visit https://www.ironman.com/im703-bolton. To find another IRONMAN finish line, check out IRONMAN Wales.
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An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.9 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.2 km) bicycle ride and a marathon 26.22-mile (42.2 km) run completed in that order, a total of 140.6 miles (226.3 km).
Dec 22, 2021 · The business licensed the second race in the United States in Lake Placid, New York in 1990. But IRONMAN wasn’t the only race gaining popularity at the time. The whole sport of triathlon was blowing up in the 1980s.
Swim start, 15 October 2005. The Ironman World Championship is a triathlon held annually in Hawaii, United States from 1978 to 2022, with no race in 2020 and an additional race in 1982. It is owned and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation.
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Though triathlon was beginning to gain traction as a participation sport in California in the mid-1970s, it was the Ironman that broke through the young sport’s minority foundations and brought multi-discipline racing into the popular consciousness. It’s toughness, its character and its inspirational athletes would mean that before long, everyone h...
It’s often reported that the idea for the first Ironman came about as a challenge to see whether swimmers, cyclists or runners were the best endurance athletes, a debate brought about in jocular discussions of five-time Tour de France winner Eddy Merckx’s superior VO2 max. In reality, the event’s conception was simply about giving the endurance com...
The format was decided upon during a quiet table talk during a Running Relays awards ceremony on Valentines Day, Judy trying to decide on a fitting bike route for her long-distance triathlon – the first-ever on Hawaii – and John discussing aerobic sport and an article about cyclists’ oxygen uptakes with run and swimmer friends. Then the conversatio...
The Collinses decided the event would take place in February 1978 after the following year’s Oahu Perimeter Relays and their around-the-island triathlon event was announced even before it has a name. The couple stood together at the lectern of the 1977 Waikiki Swim Club banquet on 23 October to give the world its first insight into what would becom...
In early 1978, the event got its name. “We knew a long distance runner who could keep going and going,” said Judy. “His nickname was ‘Iron Man’. We would have to keep going and going to get around the island in our triathlon. Our event name went on our triathlon logo, The Hawaiian Iron Man Triathlon.” The date was set for February 1978 and missing ...
The appeal of the Ironman brought in 18 entrants in that first year. That start list included John Collins, but not Judy who had crashed in the lead up to the event in a year where she’d posted personal-best times. The list also included US Navy Seal, John Dunbar, and Gordon Haller, a Naval Reserve lieutenant. Despite no competitor having the Ironm...
The inaugural Hawaiian Iron Man Triathlon was held on 18 February 1978 on Oahu. An informal, low-key affair, the event was a far cry from the pomp and ceremony that surrounds Kona today. So it was that following a pre-race meeting in the Collins’ living room, 18 intrepid athletes headed out into a windy February morning in the rainy season and onto...
Jul 4, 2021 · Results and statistics of the Ironman UK 2021. Number of athletes per agegroup, country or finish time. Detailed individual race analysis for each athlete.
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Jul 14, 2016 · Ironman UK is the original UK long-distance race, with colourful crowds and a famous finish line experience. But how do you conquer the logistics, lumpy bike and lapped run of Bolton?
