John Collins Ironman : Images From The Ironman Finish Line After Sundown : In 1978 judy and i put on the first hawaiian iron man triathlon.. John collins & naval officer were debating which athlete were the fittest: To earn those bragging rights it's this simple: After all, it was a taxi driver who won. As judy and john are currently living in panama i only got to meet them via skype, but it has been a fantastic one hour talk and i feel honoured to share the stories i learned with you. Since its inception, ironman has been represented by ambitious and courageous people who aren't afraid to push their limits.

Tom warren, triathlon | leave a reply famous triathletes: Brag for the rest of your life. Navy officer john collins says he had no idea that someday the ironman triathlon he helped found in 1978 would be an international phenomenon. The collins family had participated in the mission bay triathlon in san diego on 25 september 1974. As judy and john are currently living in panama i only got to meet them via skype, but it has been a fantastic one hour talk and i feel honoured to share the stories i learned with you.

That event now marks the start of modern triathlon in the u.s.

The appeal of the ironman brought in 18 entrants in that first year. The hawaii event is now considered the world championships. To earn those bragging rights it's this simple: First encounters with the ultimate endurance event thom, kara douglass, collins, john on amazon.com. Haiku, maui — on an october night in 1979, a navy man named john collins rode his triumph motorcycle over to the offices of a honolulu health club. As noted before john collins finished the first ironman in 1978 and was an ironman finisher at kona in 1998. John collins himself was both a runner and a swimmer. Judy's idea, john got the credit. Navy officer john collins says he had no idea that someday the ironman triathlon he helped found in 1978 would be an international phenomenon. Judy and john collins provided a photo from 1979, when they announced the ironman would be run in 1980 for a third time. First encounters with the ultimate endurance event Ironman has always been about finishing what you started, about being able to do what you set out to do, maybe not as fast as the person in front of you but. Posted in famous triathletes | tagged 1978 hawaii ironman, 1979 hawaii ironman, famous triathletes, frank day, hawaii ironman, henry forrest, ironman, john collins, john dunbar, pioneer triathletes, triathletes.

Navy commander john collins and his intrepid wife judy collins organized and were race directors of the first two ironman hawaii events held on the island of oahu in 1978 and 1979. A naval commander named john collins (stationed at this time in hawaii) was sitting at an awards ceremony for a local honolulu running race. Haiku, maui — on an october night in 1979, a navy man named john collins rode his triumph motorcycle over to the offices of a honolulu health club. The idea of triathlon did not originate with us, but was imported from southern california. To earn those bragging rights it's this simple:

The collins family had participated in the mission bay triathlon in san diego on 25 september 1974.

Judy and john collins provided a photo from 1979, when they announced the ironman would be run in 1980 for a third time. To earn those bragging rights it's this simple: The ironman triathlon was the brainchild of naval officer john collins and his wife. The collins family had participated in the mission bay triathlon in san diego on 25 september 1974. Ironman has always been about finishing what you started, about being able to do what you set out to do, maybe not as fast as the person in front of you but. The idea of triathlon did not originate with us, but was imported from southern california. John collins himself was both a runner and a swimmer. In 1978 judy and i put on the first hawaiian iron man triathlon. Everything started in the waikiki swim club. Navy commander john collins and his intrepid wife judy collins organized and were race directors of the first two ironman hawaii events held on the island of oahu in 1978 and 1979. The list also included us navy seal, john dunbar, and gordon haller, a naval reserve lieutenant. Navy officer john collins says he had no idea that someday the ironman triathlon he helped found in 1978 would be an international phenomenon. John and i had taken up swimming and running in the fall of 1973 in coronado, ca.

The ironman triathlon was the brainchild of naval officer john collins and his wife. Tom warren, triathlon | leave a reply famous triathletes: Judy and her husband john collins helped spur the triathlon craze, founding the ironman triathlon in hawaii in 1978. John collins himself was both a runner and a swimmer. Navy officer john collins says he had no idea that someday the ironman triathlon he helped found in 1978 would be an international phenomenon.

Ironman has always been about finishing what you started, about being able to do what you set out to do, maybe not as fast as the person in front of you but.

Haiku, maui — on an october night in 1979, a navy man named john collins rode his triumph motorcycle over to the offices of a honolulu health club. He ended up in a hot argument over which athletes were in the best condition: The appeal of the ironman brought in 18 entrants in that first year. First encounters with the ultimate endurance event thom, kara douglass, collins, john on amazon.com. Navy commander john collins and his intrepid wife judy collins organized and were race directors of the first two ironman hawaii events held on the island of oahu in 1978 and 1979. John collins posted on december 7, 2012 by triathlonhistorian this entry was posted in famous triathletes and tagged 1974 mission bay triathlon , famous triathletes , gordon haller , ironman , john collins , judy collins , pioneer triathletes , triathletes , triathlon , valerie silk by triathlonhistorian. During an awards banquet for the waikiki swim club, john collins, a naval officer stationed in hawaii, and his fellow athletes began debating which. John said, barry mcdermott made it sound outrageous, but it didn't seem that way to us. the following year, abc's wide world of sports arrived to tape and televise the ironman, which sent the event to a stratospheric level. The ironman, the world's most famous triathlon competition, was first held in honolulu, hawaii, and it was created by judy and john collins. The ironman triathlon began in 1978. Abc's wide world of sports would cover the 1980 event, which would. John collins & naval officer were debating which athlete were the fittest: By the time we moved to hi in august 1975 our family had been in the first modern triathlon, the mission bay triathlon, put on by the san diego track club on 25 september 1974.

The ironman triathlon was the brainchild of naval officer john collins and his wife john collins. Haiku, maui — on an october night in 1979, a navy man named john collins rode his triumph motorcycle over to the offices of a honolulu health club.