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James Lawrence is a Canadian athlete. He was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and currently lives in Utah.He gained media attention in 2015 for setting the former world record for the most Ironman-distance triathlons completed within a single calendar year: 50.
Ironman 70.3 Budapest, 2014. An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.9 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.2 km) bicycle ride and a marathon 26.22-mile (42.2 km) run completed in that order, a total of 140.6 miles (226.3 km). It is widely ...
“A lot of it is false advertising; it’s Ironman branded, but it’s half,” said Sheetz, who has competed in 35 full Ironmans and 15 of the 70.3 events. Half an Ironman is still ridiculously ...
He broke the world record for completing 105 Ironman triathlons in 105 days. [2] He was the first person to swim the length of Britain, [ 3 ] is the only person to have completed a length of Britain triathlon, [ 4 ] has completed the world's longest triathlon of 4200 miles [ 5 ] and has the world record for the fastest self supported cycle ...
This distance is also known as a "half Ironman" because it's half the distance of an Ironman. Ironman 70.3 races consist of a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and 13.1-mile half marathon run.
Dave Scott (born January 4, 1954) is a U.S. triathlete and the first six-time Ironman World Championship winner (1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, and 1987). [1] A progenitor of the sport, in 1993, Scott was the first person inducted in the Ironman Hall of Fame. [2]
An ultra-triathlon covers more distance than an ITU 'long course,' or Ironman™ triathlon.The term generally refers to all triathlon events with a distance that is a multiple of the Ironman Triathlon, which consists of 2.4 miles (3.86 km) of swimming, 112 miles (180.25 km) of cycling, and a full marathon (26.2 mi or 42.2 km) of running. [1]
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