An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation ( WTC ) consisting of a swim, a bike and a marathon run, raced in that order and without a break.

Other organizations holding a race of equal distances may only refer to their triathlons as a " Full Distance Triathlon " or something similar, occasionally also involving the-man suffix, though the term ' ironman ' is used to refer to such races unofficially.

From 2007 to 2011, ITU Triathlon World Cup races took place at the local Schwarzsee lake.

Long Distance Triathlon races are very similar in length to Ironman Triathlon races owned and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation.

The World Triathlon Corporation ( WTC ) is a for-profit corporation, owned by Providence Equity Partners, that organizes, promotes and licenses the Ironman Triathlon, Ironman 70. 3, and the 5150 series of triathlon races.

The International Triathlon Union regulates the size of aerobars used in competition for draft-legal races.

Triathlon running stages are generally held later on the day compared to running races, creating a hotter temperature.

Vuckovic began competing in International Triathlon Union races before competing in World Triathlon Corporation races.

Lessing has won numerous Ironman 70. 3 races on the World Triathlon Corporation Circuit, including the inaugural 70. 3 at Walt Disney World Florida in 2004, and again in 2005.

According to the International Triathlon Union, and USA Triathlon, the main international race distances are Sprint Distance, which has a swim, cycling, run ; Intermediate ( or Standard ) distance, commonly referred to as " Olympic distance " ( swim, bike, run ; the Long Course ( swim, ride, run, such as the Half Ironman ), and Ultra Distance ( swim, ride, and a full marathon: run ); the most recognized branded Ultra Distance is the Ironman triathlon.

* Ironman 70. 3, a triathlon race of half the distance of the Ironman Triathlon, and similarly licensed

The primary ITU race series is the short-course or Olympic distance Triathlon World Cup and World Triathlon Series.

His attentions later turned to Ironman Triathlon competitions and long distance running and cycling.

On 10 July 2011, Raelert broke the world record time for an Ironman Triathlon distance race at the at Challenge Roth event in Roth, Germany.

* 1978 – The first Ironman Triathlon competition takes place on the island of Oahu, won by Gordon Haller.

* Triathlon The resort Playitas on the south coast is since around 2008 equipped with a 50 m swimming pool and has become one of the most popular destinations for triathlon training camps for Europeans.

They can also allow changes on the restrictions on costumes or props ( e. g. the Swedish " Triathlon " slams that allow for a poet, musician, and dancer to all take the stage at the same time ), changing the judging structure ( e. g. having a specific guest judge ), or changing the time limits ( e. g. a " 1-2-3 " slam with three rounds of one minute, two minutes, and three minutes, respectively ).

Triathlon is considered by some to have its beginnings in 1920s France.

The first modern long-distance triathlon event was the Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon.

Collins and his wife, Judy, had taken part in the triathlons staged in 1974 and 1975 by the San Diego Track Club in and around Mission Bay, California, as well as the Optimist Sports Fiesta Triathlon in Coronado, California, in 1975.

The standard " Olympic Distance " of 1. 5 / 40 / 10 km (. 93 / 24. 8 / 6. 2 miles ) was created by long time triathlon race director Jim Curl in the mid-1980s, after he and partner Carl Thomas produced the U. S. Triathlon Series ( USTS ) between 1982 and 1997.

The Hawaii Ironman Triathlon serves as the Ironman World Championship.

The entity that owns the race, the World Triathlon Corporation ( WTC ), hosts other triathlons around the world that also fall under the Ironman brand.

The International Triathlon Union ( ITU ) was founded in 1989 as the international governing body of the sport, with the chief goal, at that time, of putting triathlon on the Olympic program.

The Rev3 Triathlon is held every October in Columbia County.

Since 1990, Vulcan has hosted the annual Vulcan Tinman Triathlon, which takes place at the beginning of June.

Social conceptions and groupings of races vary over time, involving folk taxonomies

However the race distance can and does vary from dashes or sprints, which may be 500 m long, to races of marathon or ultra-marathon length races such as the Tour du Léman in Switzerland which is 160 km, and the 2 day, 185 km Corvallis to Portland Regatta held in Oregon, USA.

Head courses usually vary in length from 2, 000 m to 12, 000 m, though there are longer races such as the Boston Rowing Marathon and shorter such as Pairs Head.

The style of racing, the distances and the type of events vary significantly by the country in which the race is occurring, and many countries offer different types of horse races.

Thoroughbred races vary in distance, but are usually somewhere between five and twelve furlongs.

Its various factions and races include the Imperium of Man, a decentralized yet totalitarian interstellar empire that has ruled the vast majority of humanity for millennia, the Orks ( similar to Warhammer Fantasy Orcs ), the Eldar ( similar to Elves in Warhammer Fantasy Battle ), and Daemons ( very similar in both universes, although the precise natures of their creation and existence vary slightly ), among others.

Competing pigeons are specially trained and conditioned for races that vary in distance for approximately to 100 to 1000 km.

The IDBF, a Member of the General Association of International Sports Federations ( GAISF ) recognises two types of Dragon Boat Racing activities, namely Sport racing, as practised by IDBF member organisations ; and Festival racing, which are the more traditional and informal types of races, organised around the world, where racing rules vary from event to event.

Individual time trials are often used as stages in stage races such as the Grand Tours ; these vary from short prologue time trials over no more than eight kilometres, to longer distance events over flat or rolling courses, to timed climbs up mountain roads.

One of the most important lines of evidence on the origin and utility of the dance is that all of the known species and races of honey bees exhibit the behavior, but details of its execution vary among the different species.

The races in this group vary in the extent and hue of the head patch.

The races in this group vary in the extent and hue of the hood, overlapping extensively with the Golden Warbler group in this character.

Modern student activist movements vary widely in subject, size, and success, with all kinds of students in all kinds of educational settings participating, including public and private school students ; elementary, middle, senior, undergraduate, and graduate students ; and all races, socio-economic backgrounds, and political perspectives.

Songs of the races are said to vary considerably.

The format of these events and the courses vary, ranging from single or multiple loops ( some as short as a 400-meter track ), to point-to-point road or trail races, to cross-country rogaines.

Distances in races vary widely, from 5 km, to over 100 miles ( 161km ).

The study gives examples of how the textbooks claim that anatomical features vary between races.

The races will also vary depending upon how many people from separate teams enter, which will impact whether it will be a " free-for-all " or a team-focused event.

There are five districts in the game ; they vary between the three races, but mostly serve the same purpose of increasing the size of the city, as well as offering benefits that will be elaborated upon later.

Races vary from short beginner events to multi-hour endurance races and also rallying events against an opponent.

Like aphids, however, many psocids are parthenogenic, and the presence of males may even vary between different races of the same species.

It is an extremely variable species with many races which vary in distinctness.