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发帖数: 19210 | 1 A Look Back at a Look Back: Ironman's First 10 Years
http://ironman.com/holdingcell/2003/january-2003/a-look-back-at
Published Thursday, January 23, 2003
Triathlete Magazine's 1988 retrospective on the early years of Ironman
racing - starting in 1978 with 15 starters and 12 finishers.
In October of 1988, Triathlete Magazine published a year-by-year review of
the first decade of the Hawaii Ironman, written by then-editor, C.J.
Olivares. Ironmanlive.com correspondent T.J. Murphy --- also former editor
of Triathlete --- revisits the special edition's tribute, "10 Years of
Ironman."
Ironman I
Date: February 18, 1978
Location: Waikiki Beach, Oahu
Entry Fee: $3
Starters: 15
Finishers: 12
Winner: Gordon Haller 11:46
Gordon Haller wins the first Ironman in 11:46
"John Dunbar, a former Navy Seal, leads most of the race. But during the run
, he becomes dehydrated and exchanges the lead several times with Gordon
Haller, a Honolulu cab driver. Dunbar's crew gives him some beer, and within
minutes, he is drunk and delirious, stumbling into parked cars. Haller
pulls away from Dunbar decisively at 21 miles, and goes to cut the tape,
running the last five miles in an amazing 31 minutes."
The first Ironman was posed as a test to see who was the toughest endurance
athlete: the long-distance swimmer, cyclist, or runner. The winner of the 2.
4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile event, said Navy Commander (and the
man credited with creating the race), John Collins, "we'll call the 'Ironman
.'" Ten years and 11 Hawaii Ironmans later, the original debate was not only
unanswered, but more complicated: triathlon had burgeoned into an endurance
sport of his own.
Now, a quarter of a century later, with Ironmans blooming around the globe,
the original question is long forgotten. A more fascinating, individual, and
ultimately inspiring question has become the heartbeat of the sport: 'Who
can't take on the Ironman?' Answers to this question have smashed through
barriers for athletes-in-waiting from all corners. Examples: Walt Stack (73
years old, 1981), Dr. Jon Franks (first wheelchair competitor, 1994), and
300-pound Darryl Haley, (1995).
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发帖数: 831 | 2 这个很有意思！ 看百度简介，三项不过也是近10年20年的一个新型比赛，加入奥运会也没几年。
公司里的一个同事跑过16个全马，第一个马拉松是91年的纽约马拉松，那时候没有网络
，是开车到机场用FEDEX特快专递在报名第一天邮出去报名表格。她说那时候没有那么
多人跑马拉松，现在和当年比真是盛况空前。
我还发现，我这里，三项比赛数量一点不比跑步比赛数量少！看HAWAII全铁录像，里面
回放过89年的比赛，那时候的选手穿着和比赛行头和现在一点都不一样。
【在 i*********5 的大作中提到】
: A Look Back at a Look Back: Ironman's First 10 Years
: http://ironman.com/holdingcell/2003/january-2003/a-look-back-at
: Published Thursday, January 23, 2003
: Triathlete Magazine's 1988 retrospective on the early years of Ironman
: racing - starting in 1978 with 15 starters and 12 finishers.
: In October of 1988, Triathlete Magazine published a year-by-year review of
: the first decade of the Hawaii Ironman, written by then-editor, C.J.
: Olivares. Ironmanlive.com correspondent T.J. Murphy --- also former editor
: of Triathlete --- revisits the special edition's tribute, "10 Years of
: Ironman."
| p********y
发帖数: 5141 | 3 关于ironman,推荐一本书。
30 Years of the Ironman: Triathlon World Championship (Ironman Edition)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/30-Years-Ironman-Triathlon-Championship
上面介绍了ironman的发展，还有许多感人的故事，很好的鸡血素材。 |
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