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d is actually a commercial name and a registered brand. It has found extraordinary success, to the point that today nearly all triathletes dream of winning an Ironman competition, because it’s a real challenge to their mental and physical limits. 

Ironman distances are daunting: 3.9 km swim, 180.2 km cycle and then a full marathon of 42.2 km. Resistance, concentration and nerves of steel are the requisites for Ironman participants.

The history of triathlon

These days nearly everyone has heard of triathlon; it’s hard not to be fascinated by such a tough sport. But triathlon is only a little over 45 years old. 

Its story began at a US military base in Hawaii in 1977.

Some soldiers were unable to decide which resistance sport was toughest, swimming, cycling or running. Hence the idea of combining the three in a single race divided into three segments: triathlon instantly became the toughest sport.