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It is the longest-running Ironman triathlon in North America apart from the Ironman World Championship. [1] Lake Placid played host to the Winter Olympics in 1932 and again in 1980, and has hosted Ironman Lake Placid every summer since 1999. [2] In August 2014, the CEO of WTC, Andrew Messick, announced that Ironman Lake Placid would be among ...
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 ...
Andy Potts earned victories at Ironman 70.3 New Orleans and Ironman 70.3 Boulder, and at Ironman 70.3 Timberman, he earned his third victory in as many attempts. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] In 2011 Potts had several successful performances at the half-ironman distance, including first-place finishes at Ironman 70.3 Florida, Ironman 70.3 Oceanside, and ...
Those Ironman races with no points or prize purse offered include: Ironman Boulder, Louisville, Wisconsin, Maryland, Lake Tahoe, Florida, Muskoka, Los Cabos and Lake Placid. The majority of these listed events occur after the qualifying period has ended, August, and near the date of the annual Championship event in October.
He has won six Ironman events (Ironman Lake Placid, St. George, Wisconsin, Coeur d'Alene, and twice at Ironman South Africa) as well as numerous half iron-distance races. At the 2014 Ironman World Championship he had a break-through performance where he took 2nd place, five minutes back of winner Sebastian Kienle .
Handcycle competitors, who are paraplegic, quadriplegic or double above-the-knee amputees and use a hand cranked cycle on the bike segment and racing chair for the run segment could also qualify at Ironman 70.3 Cairns (one male/one female), Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg (two male/one female), and Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake (one male/one female ...
Ironman Lake Placid: 2nd 2012: LA 5150 Triathlon: 6th 2012: Ironman 70.3 Syracuse: 4th 2011: 2011 Ironman World Championship: 2nd 2011: Ironman 70.3 Philippines: 1st 2011: Ironman Australia: 1st 2011: Ironman 70.3 Singapore: 3rd 2010: Ironman Western Australia: 3rd 2010: 2010 Ironman World Championship: 8th 2010: Ironman 70.3 Philippines: 1st ...
He set an Olympic-distance world record in 1996, and is noted for his 2004 Ironman Lake Placid win, where he set a course record of 8:23:12. In 2008 he retired from professional racing. [ 2 ] Simon resides in Boulder, Colorado , United States, [ 1 ] where he operates Boulder Coaching with Darren de Reuck.