Friday, 23 December 2011

Ironman Triathlon and Olympic Triathlon Tickets


The first modern long distance triathlon event was the Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon. It included a swim of 2.4 miles, a bike ride of 112 miles, and a marathon run of 26.219 miles. It was conceived during the awards ceremony for the 1977 Oahu Perimeter Relay a running race for 5 person teams.
Among the participants were numerous representatives of both the Mid-Pacific Road Runners and the Waikiki Swim Club, whose members had long been debating which athletes were more fit: runners or swimmers. On this occasion, U.S. Navy Commander John Collins pointed out that a recent article in Sports Illustrated magazine had declared that Eddy Merckx, the great Belgian cyclist, had the highest recorded "maximum oxygen uptake" of any athlete ever measured, so perhaps cyclists were more fit than anyone. Collins and his wife, Judy, had taken part in the triathlons staged in 1974 and 1975 by the San Diego Track Club in and around Mission Bay, California, as well as the Optimist Sports Fiesta Triathlon in Coronado, California, in 1975.
A number of the other military athletes in attendance were also familiar with the San Diego races, so they understood the concept when Collins suggested that the debate should be settled through a race combining the three existing long-distance competitions already on the island: the Waikiki Rough water Swim 2.4 miles, the Around Oahu Bike Race 115 miles; originally a two day event and the 42.195 kilometers Honolulu Marathon. No one present had ever done the bike race so they did not realize it was a two-day, not one day, event. Collins calculated that, by shaving 3 miles off the course and riding counter clockwise around the island, the bike leg could start at the finish of the Waikiki Rough Water and end at the Aloha Tower, the traditional start of the Honolulu Marathon. Prior to racing, each athlete received three sheets of paper listing a few rules and a course description.
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