Ironman World Championship, Sat. Oct. 12

@PotomacCyclist 66527 wrote:

The triathletes out there already know that Saturday is the day of the Ironman championship. For everyone else, the race is broadcast online at ironman.com. No registration is necessary to watch. Just a computer, a browser and preferably a high-speed Internet connection.

http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/coverage/detail.aspx?race=worldchampionship&y=2013

Of course, most people don’t watch every minute of the very long day. I try to watch part of each of the disciplines, swim, bike and run. I make an effort to watch the start of the race. Then I’ll peek in every hour or two and watch some of the action, on the swim, bike or run. Then I try to watch the last 20-30 minutes of the men’s and women’s races. Some years, the last miles of the run are very dramatic.

While this isn’t a road cycling event, it is one of the biggest international sporting events that involves bikes as a major element. So catch some of the action online. My biggest regret is that I’m not there in Hawaii watching the race in person. Someday.

Bar none. The triathlons I’ve done were as painful as childbirth without the drugs. And the longest I’ve done are Olympic Distance. I would rather have a root canal without anesthesia than do an Ironman. Tim Kelley has done that twice. My guess is, he’s not normal.

That being said, this is the time of year to start planning for a triathlon next season. It takes some time to get it together.

A guy from Arlington who got his cycling start as a bike commuter won the 65-69 age group by 37 minutes yesterday. He briefly told his background here:

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/cgi-bin/gforum.cgi?post=4699425#4699425