{"id":221,"date":"2019-10-02T18:38:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T16:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.safesportid.com\/blog\/?p=221"},"modified":"2019-10-30T16:49:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T14:49:18","slug":"ironman-hawaii-the-history-of-the-worlds-most-famous-triathlon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safesportid.com\/blog\/en\/events\/ironman-hawaii-the-history-of-the-worlds-most-famous-triathlon-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ironman Hawaii: The history of the world\u00b4s most famous Triathlon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ironman World Championships<\/em> is enjoying its 41st edition in Hawaii this year. Since the inception of the event, its magic and legendary status has only grown, planting a seed in triathletes\u2019 minds that\u2019s impossible to dislodge until they\u2019ve experienced the thrill of going to Kona.<\/p>\n

With a brand as strong as the competitors who take part in its races, it\u2019s easy to forget that what we now take for granted as Ironman began as little more than a dare between athletes to settle the bet of who were the fittest: swimmers, cyclists or runners.<\/p>\n

The beginnings in 1978<\/strong><\/p>\n

The original Ironman was conceived during the Oahu Perimeter Rela<\/em>y awards ceremony in 1977, where athletes from the Mid-Pacific Road Runners club and the Waikiki Swim club engaged in the usual debate about which sport created the best endurance sportsmen.<\/p>\n

Commander John Collins<\/strong> of the US Navy suggested an ultimate race to settle the debate once and for all. A combination of three already incredibly tough events held on the island of Oahu: the Waikiki Roughwater Swim<\/strong>, a 3.8k sea-swim; the Around Oahu Bike Race<\/strong>, a gusty, crosswind-dogged 185k course (reduced to 180k for the Ironman) and the Honolulu Marathon<\/strong>, a standard 42,2k running race in baking hot Hawaiian conditions.<\/p>\n

On February 18th 1978, there were only 15 competitors<\/strong> willing to drag themselves through such a monumental sporting challenge. Each of the competitors had their own support crew providing food and drink <\/strong>as the race went on \u2013 beer in the case of John Dunbar, a US Navy SEAL whose support team ran out of water during the marathon, but who managed to finish second all the same. Gordon Haller<\/strong>, a US Navy Communications Specialist, finished in 11:46:58, still very respectable for age-groupers today, and earned the right to be crowned as the first ever Ironman.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just one year later, the only female competitor Lyn Lemaire<\/strong>, finished sixth overall in 12:55:38 and became the first ever Ironwoman<\/strong>. Barry McDermott, a journalist for Sports Illustrated<\/em>, happened upon the Ironman and wrote a 10 page feature on the event, prompting Collins to receive hundreds of race applications over the next year.<\/p>\n

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The Ironman World Championships is enjoying its 41st edition in Hawaii this year. Since the inception of the event, its magic and legendary status has only grown, planting a seed in triathletes\u2019 minds that\u2019s impossible to dislodge until they\u2019ve experienced the thrill of going to Kona. 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