Training for tris Swim, bike and run to better health BY RICK HELLARD
When you mention the term tri-
athlon, most people think: Ironman. “You know,” they say, “the one
in Hawaii where that lady crawled across the finish line.” Yeah, Julie Moss inspired a lot of people that day in 1982, including me. I figured I can do that, but without
the crawling part. I’m better than that, aren’t I? And smarter. I’d never
let myself get that far gone. More than a couple of decades later, I am happy to report that, although I’ve been reduced to walking a few doz- en times, I have yet to crawl in any event that didn’t require it. I wonder if I’m just not tough enough to go that hard — to disregard all signs of bodily failure for the sake of a few seconds and possible victory. I hope never to find out, but I digress.
Triathlon was born in 1979 when
three men — a swimmer, a cyclist and a runner — suggested their re- spective sport required more fitness than the others. They challenged each other to a race combining all three disciplines and duplicated the distances and routes of marathon events held in Hawaii. The Ironman was born, and it was a big baby with a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.195-mile run, which is a full marathon in itself. The organizers didn’t realize that the 112-mile ride on that course was originally intended to be a two-day event. Fifteen people successfully completed that first Hawaii Ironman.
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