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However, races do not have to be exactly this distance to be considered Iron Distance Triathlons.
The historically first and most well known example is the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii. This term is trademarked by the World Triathlon Corporation, which runs a series of races under that name but which are not sanctioned as official competitions by the International Triathlon Union. Other races over the same distances are called Iron Distance.
Several of these races are held around the world including Challenge Roth in Germany, The Longest Day in England, Blue Devil in the U.S. state of North Carolina, Great Floridian in Florida, and Ultramax in MissouriMissouri named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning "canoe", is a Midwestern state of the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. The state's nickname is the State the U. Post Office abbreviation for Missouri is MO and the state public.
Multiple Iron Distance events are also held: double, triple, quintuple, deca (ten-fold) etc. In a deca Iron Distance event for example, a 38 km swim is followed by an 1800 km bike race and a 422 km run. Astrid BenöhrAstrid Benohr (born 8 October 1957 in Bergisch Gladbach) is a German endurance athlete, multiple world champion and world record holder in various multiple Ironman (also known as ultra-triathlon disciplines. Her 1997 world record in the quintuple ironman holds the (women's and men's) world records over the quintuple and deca Iron distances.
The ITUITU can mean: International Telecommunication Union, formerly known as the International Telegraph Union''. International Typographical Union, a now defunct labor union that was affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations. IT University of Co runs a similar series of official races called Long Distance TriathlonA triathlon is an athletic event made up of three contests. The usual triathlon is a combination of swimming, cycling and running. There are a number of standard triathlon race distances, the latest invention being the Long Distance Triathlon, not to be c. The distances for the long distance races are close to but slightly different from the specifications for iron distance.