Monday, February 3, 2014

What is the minimum age for an ironman?




blahblah55


I'm a 14 years old girl, I love running, biking and running. I'v done a bunch of youth triathlons. and a bunch of running races. I wanna train to be able to do one, I know it will be incredibly hard, but im willing to give it my all. Any help?


Answer
Ironman is broken down into Age Group Categories (see below) - the minimum is 18 - so you still have a some yrs to go
maybe practice swimming - you're not mentioning that you're swimming - part of the race is a 3.8km swim ! good luck!
18-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70-74
75+

What Competitions Have Lance Armstrong Been In?




Cait L


We have to write an essay on an influential person in english class, so I decided to write about Lance Armstrong. I need to know what competitions he's been in, and what place/ how many times he's been in it. Thank you!


Answer
Lance Armstrong competed with the U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team (later Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) for most of his career, including his 7 Tour de France victories.1992 - Motorola
Settimana Bergamasca (stage 6)
Vuelta a Galicia (Stage 4a)
Trittico Premondiale (Stage 2) (or GP Sanson)
First Union Grand Prix (Atlanta)
Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic (overall, 1 stage win)
2nd, Züri-Metzgete
1993 - Motorola
World Cycling Champion - UCI Road World Championships
US National Cycling Champion - CoreStates USPRO National Road Championships
Tour de France (Stage 8)
Tour of America (overall)
Trofeo Laigueglia
Tour du Pont (2nd overall, 1 stage win)
Tour of Sweden (3rd overall, 1 stage win)
Thrift Drug Classic
Kmart West Virginia Classic (overall, 2 stage wins)
1994 - Motorola
Thrift Drug Classic
Tour du Pont (1 stage win)
2nd, Liège-Bastogne-Liège
2nd, Clasica San Sebastian
1995 - Motorola
Tour de France (Stage 18)
Clásica de San Sebastián
Paris-Nice (Stage 5)
Tour du Pont (overall, mountains, 3 stage wins)
Kmart West Virginia Classic (overall, 2 stage wins)
Tour of America (overall)
1996 - Motorola
Tour du Pont (overall, 4 stage wins)
La Flèche Wallonne
2nd, Liège-Bastogne-Liège
2nd, Paris-Nice
1997 - Cofidis
Sprint 56K Criterium (Austin, TX)
1998 - U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt (overall)
Tour de Luxembourg (overall, 1 stage win)
Cascade Cycling Classic
4th, Vuelta a España
1999 - U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
Tour de France (overall, 4 stage wins)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (ITT) (Prologue)
Route du Sud (Stage 4)
Circuit de la Sarthe (ITT) (Stage 4)
2nd, Amstel Gold Race
2000 - U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
Tour de France (overall, 1 stage win)
GP des Nations
Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Viatcheslav Ekimov)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (ITT) (Stage 3)
Bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics Individual Time Trial, Men
2001 - U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
Tour de France (overall, 4 stage wins)
Tour de Suisse (overall, 2 stage wins)
2nd, Amstel Gold Race
2002 - U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
Tour de France (overall, 4 stage wins)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (overall, Stage 6)
GP du Midi Libre (overall)
Profronde van Stiphout (post-Tour criterium)
2003 - US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
presented by Berry Floor
Tour de France (overall, 1 stage win, Team Time Trial)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (overall, Stage 3 ITT)
2004 - US Postal Service pro Cycling Team
presented by Berry Floor
Tour de France (overall, 5 stage wins, Team Time Trial)
Tour de Georgia (overall, 2 stage wins)
Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon (Stage 5)
Volta ao Algarve (ITT) (Stage 4)
Profronde van Stiphout (post-Tour criterium)
2005 - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
Tour de France (overall, 1 stage win, Team Time Trial)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (points classification)
2008 - Lance Armstrong Foundation / Team Livestrong
Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race (2nd place)
12 Hours of Snowmass (1st place with Len Zanni and Max Taam)
Tour de Gruene (1st place Individual Time Trial & Team Time Trial)
2009 - Astana Team
Tour of California (7th overall)
[edit] Amateur cycling and triathlon years
1991 - Subaru-Montgomery / US National Team
United States National Amateur Road Race Champion
Settimana Bergamasca (overall and youth classifications)
Gastown Grand Prix (now known as Tour de Gastown [68] criterium) (Vancouver, BC)
Challenge of Champions Triathlon (Monterey, CA)
1990 - Subaru-Montgomery
United States National Sprint Triathlon Champion
Stonebridge Ranch Triathlon (McKinney, TX)
1989
United States National Sprint Triathlon Champion
Waco Triathlon (Waco, TX)
1988
Athens YMCA Triathlon (Athens, TX) (course record)
River Triathlon (Shreveport, LA) (course record)
Hillcrest Tulsa Triathlon (Tulsa, OK)
1987
Texas State Triathlon Championship
Hillcrest Tulsa Triathlon (course record)[69]
1986
Norman Triathlon (Norman, OK)
1985
2nd, IronKids Triathlon National Championship[70]
IronKids Triathlon at Houston (regional level)
IronKids Triathlon at Dallas (local level)
1983
IronKids Triathlon at Dallas




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