The Kona Iron Man race held in Hawaii is the pinnacle of triathlons. It was started by a husband and wife team in 1978 and consists of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile marathon.
In 1979, their then 16-year-old son, Michael Collins, convinced his parents to let him participate in the second annual Iron Man Triathlon.
Through a comedy of errors, it took him 24 hours to complete the race. One of the best things in the podcast is when Michael Collins, after 20+ hours, is "running" the marathon leg of the race and he sees a paperboy delivering the morning paper. He realizes that those newspapers are probably carrying the results of the race that he was still running . . . .
As the interviewer said, "When you measure you race results by a calender instead of a watch . . . you know you have had a bad day . . ."
It's a great story and worth a listen . . . .
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