Ironman Triathlon World Championship




The swim start - About 1500 
competitors start en masse. 
Almost all entrants earn a 
spot in the race by qualifying 
at one of several designated 
triathlons of international 
distance or longer. Depending 
on the number of entrants in 
each age group, only the top 1 
to 3 finishers in each group 
can qualify for the Ironman 
race. About 150 persons 
qualify through a lottery 
process.














Riding down Alii Drive toward 
the finish of the 112-mile bike 
leg trying to beat the cutoff 
time so that I could go on to 
the run. The first-place 
finisher, Luc von Lierde, had 
finished the entire event about 
2 hours earlier.