Triathlon is for children. it is time for Ironman

The ironman is a long distance triathlon an even more demanding challenge.

The first Ironman was held on 1978, in Hawaii, and was originally a discussion between a couple who sought to assess what would be the toughest athletes: swimmers, runners or other athletes. John Collins decided to join these three sports in a single test, determining that whoever won would be proclaimed as the “iron man”.

Then, one of the most demanding challenges was born, on that requires a lot from its athletes, who run the world competing on them. Despite the expensive entry fees, vacancies quickly sold out.

Athletes must complete a 3800 meters’ swim, a 111 miles’ cycle race and finally a 26 miles run. This triathlon has a time limit to be completed: about 17 hours.

It is a unique event, produced and recorded by World Triathlon Corporation. There are other similar events, although not classified as Ironman. The world title is decided in the competition held annually in Hawaii, named as Ironman World Championship, only the top athletes of various events performed during the year across the globe can participate.

50 men and 35 women who have won more points in the annual tests will qualify for the world championship.