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SUMMARY:2018 IRONMAN World Championship Triathlon
DESCRIPTION:October 13\, 2018 - IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIATHLON - KAILUA-KONA\n\nThis ultimate endurance event - a 2.4 mile swim\, 112-mile bike and a 26.2 mile run - attracts thousands of the world's best athletes\, and thousands of volunteers from the Big Island help make it happen! Watch West Hawaii Today newspaper for updates on the event.\n\n \n\nFor over three decades the IRONMAN World Championship has brought the world's best athletes together in competition.\n\n\n\nThe inaugural KONA? race was held in 1978 as a way to challenge athletes who had seen success at endurance swimming and running events. Honolulu-based Navy couple Judy and John Collins proposed combining the three toughest endurance races in Hawai?i?the 2.4-mile Waikiki Roughwater Swim\, 112 miles of the Around-O?ahu Bike Race and the 26.2-mile Honolulu Marathon?into one event.\n\n \n\nOn February 18\, 1978\, 15 people came to Waikiki to take on the IRONMAN challenge. Prior to racing\, each received three sheets of paper with a few rules and a course description. The last page read: "Swim 2.4 miles! Bike 112 miles! Run 26.2 miles! Brag for the rest of your life!"\n\n \n\nIn 1981\, the race moved from the tranquil shores of Waikiki to the barren lava fields of Kona on the Big Island of Hawai?i. Along the Kona Coast\, black lava rock dominates the panorama\, and athletes battle the "ho?omumuku" crosswinds of 45 mph\, 95-degree temperatures and a scorching sun.\n\n \n\nThe IRONMAN World Championship centers on the dedication and courage exhibited by participants who demonstrate the IRONMAN mantra that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. On October 13th\, over 2\,000 athletes will embark on a 140.6-mile journey that presents the ultimate test of body\, mind and spirit to earn the title of IRONMAN.\n\n\n\nCourse Maps:\n\nhttp://www.ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman/world-championship/athletes/course.aspx#axzz5TNWLLz1A\n\n\n\nRoad Closures:\n\nhttp://www.ironman.com/~/media/44dd95398eab42bcb0c830bf6c1f79aa/18konaroadclosures2bw%20080918.pdf
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:October 13\, 2018 - IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIATHLON - KAILUA-KONA
\nThis ultimate endurance event - a 2.4 mile swim\, 112-mile bike and a 26.2 mile run - attracts thousands of the world'\;s best athletes\, and thousands of volunteers from the Big Island help make it happen! Watch West Hawaii Today newspaper for updates on the event.
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\nFor over three decades the IRONMAN World Championship has brought the world'\;s best athletes together in competition.
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\nThe inaugural KONA? race was held in 1978 as a way to challenge athletes who had seen success at endurance swimming and running events. Honolulu-based Navy couple Judy and John Collins proposed combining the three toughest endurance races in Hawai?i?the 2.4-mile Waikiki Roughwater Swim\, 112 miles of the Around-O?ahu Bike Race and the 26.2-mile Honolulu Marathon?into one event.
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\nOn February 18\, 1978\, 15 people came to Waikiki to take on the IRONMAN challenge. Prior to racing\, each received three sheets of paper with a few rules and a course description. The last page read: "\;Swim 2.4 miles! Bike 112 miles! Run 26.2 miles! Brag for the rest of your life!"\;
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\nIn 1981\, the race moved from the tranquil shores of Waikiki to the barren lava fields of Kona on the Big Island of Hawai?i. Along the Kona Coast\, black lava rock dominates the panorama\, and athletes battle the "\;ho?omumuku"\; crosswinds of 45 mph\, 95-degree temperatures and a scorching sun.
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\nThe IRONMAN World Championship centers on the dedication and courage exhibited by participants who demonstrate the IRONMAN mantra that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.®\; On October 13th\, over 2\,000 athletes will embark on a 140.6-mile journey that presents the ultimate test of body\, mind and spirit to earn the title of IRONMAN.
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\nCourse Maps:
\nhttp://www.ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman/world-championship/athletes/course.aspx#axzz5TNWLLz1A
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\nRoad Closures:
\nhttp://www.ironman.com/~/media/44dd95398eab42bcb0c830bf6c1f79aa/18konaroadclosures2bw%20080918.pdf
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LOCATION:Starts at the pier in front of the Courtyard by Marriott King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel Race goes from Kona to Kawaihae on the Big Island of Hawaii
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