June 8, March 4, Tags: Calendar of events. January 5, December 23, Tags: Calendar. December 22, August 19, Post 7 of 22 views. Post 8 of 22 views. Fooshee wrote:. Post 9 of 22 views. At least in the U. Each of the legs can vary, and sometimes are relatively short or long compared to the others. Depends on what you have for roads and trails to work with. Short is also called Sprint.
Intermediate used to be known as International. A half-iron or An iron-distance or Ironman is a specific set of distances within an Ultra.
And yes, even if Chattanooga has a mile bike loop, it will still be an Ironman, much to the chagrin of all the Garmin owners! Similarly, an Olympic is supposed to be one and only one set of distances within an Intermediate.
Exactly 1. If you have a bike loop that is There may also be licensing issues with calling it an Olympic course without the approval of ITU, just like calling it an Ironman or Ironman Finally, different races may call themselves one thing but be something else.
Post 10 of 22 views. Peanut wrote:. Post 11 of 22 views. Post 12 of 22 views. Anyone seen am M-Dot "" tattoo yet? Imagine trying to explain that one to the non-triathletes you know: "No, Mom, I didn't join a gang.
Member of the Litespeed Factory Team www. Post 13 of 22 views. Post 14 of 22 views. Post 15 of 22 views. The standardized distance goes back a pretty long ways. The original standard distance was set by the USTS in They held this for two years and realized they would get much bigger numbers and easier to manage races if they shortened the distances. This happened in about and was called international distance soon after. There were no olympics yet, and not even on the horizon.
But at some point, and i don't know by whom maybe Less McDonald it became Olympic distance too. Then just a few years ago Ironman just used the combined totals for the So to answer they are all the same distance theoretically speaking.
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