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A member of the famed “San Diego Track Club” and “Horny Toads” running group in San Diego, California, he competed in some of the earliest triathlons in the late 1970s. In 1981 he participated in the Ironman Triathlon in its first year on the Big Island of Hawaii. He competed in Ironman Hawaii 6 times in his 40s and 50s. [1]
The race was conceived and directed by two members of the San Diego Track Club, Jack Johnstone and Don Shanahan. [18] Johnstone recalls that he was a part of the '70s jogging craze in America and that after entering a few races, he was not regaining his "mediocre fitness" despite having been a member of the 1957 Collegiate and AAU All-American ...
August 9-11: Europe Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships in Balıkesir; September 8: Europe Triathlon Mixed Relay Club Championships in Banyoles; September 14: Europe Triathlon Challenge Long Distance Championships in Almere; September 21 & 22: Europe Triathlon Championships in Vichy; October 12: Asia Triathlon U15 and Youth Championships in ...
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The first modern swim/bike/run event to be called a "triathlon" was held at Mission Bay, San Diego, California on September 25, 1974. The race was conceived and directed by Jack Johnstone and Don Shanahan of the San Diego Track Club, and was sponsored by the track club with 46 participants in the event.
The World Triathlon Championship Series is an annual series of triathlon events organised by World Triathlon. The series is used to crown an annual world champion since 2008. Previously, the ITU (the former name of World Triathlon) world champion between 1989 and 2008 had been decided in a single annual championship race.
The New York Athletic Club indoor track meet April 11 Challenger Cassius Clay, soon to adopt the Muslim name of Muhammad Ali, knocks out champion Sonny Liston in the seventh round in Miami Beach, Florida: May 16 A group of climbers, three Frenchmen and one Englishman, climb the northwest tower of the Eiffel Tower. May 30 U.S. Olympic Boxing Trials.
In June 1977 the LA Times stated, "Valley Track Club members Jerry Hackett of Canyon Country and Ernie Portillo of Canoga Park won divisions of the 880-yard run in the annual AAU District Masters Track and Field Championship. [7] The July 1980 National Masters Newsletter issue reports that the June 1980 meet produced four new records. [8]