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Double Ironman Triathlon. Double Ironman Triathlon. Double Ironman Triathlon. Double Ironman Triathlon. 2 total hip replacements. Double Ironman Triathlon. History of Ironman Triathlon. Started in Hawaii in late ’70s - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Double Ironman Triathlon
Double Ironman Triathlon
Double Ironman Triathlon
Double Ironman Triathlon
2 total hip replacements
Double Ironman Triathlon
History of Ironman Triathlon
Started in Hawaii in late ’70s
Result of a bar bet over whether the swimmer, biker, or runner was the better athlete.
Combined three existing events:
2.4 mile ocean swim
112 mile bike ride
26.2 mile run
Order is always Swim, Bike, Run
Larry Piper’s Background
17 marathons, 1974 – 1983
12 bike centuries, 1976 – 1986
10 ‘sprint’ triathlons, 1978-1986
2 total hip operations, 1988 – 1989
1 total right shoulder, 1989
Retired from DOW, March 1993
Felt I had one more athletic goal
Set these Goals
Train for -
Qualify for -
Enter -
Finish -
Be an official finisher in < 36 hours
For the 10th Double Ironman Triathlon
to be held in Huntsville, Alabama, on
Sep 4-5, 1994
Double Ironman Triathlon
Began ‘serious’ training June, 1993
(15 months away)
My job was to train.
Backed off from all Clubs, all
Paddleball, and all to-do lists.
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Checked Out the 1993 Event
Drove to Huntsville – visit friends
Talked myself on to the team of
Stephen Johnson, Canada
Very hot day, slept ~ 4 hrs; saw a swimmer quit from hyperventilation; saw how support operates.
Maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of way in training.
Checked Out the 1993 Event
Double Ironman Triathlon
Qualified by:
Riding 228 miles at National 24 Hour Challenge, Grand Rapids, June 15, 1994.
Swam 3 hours at Midland Community Center pool on July 15, 1994.
Bike Qualification
Swimming at Edenville
Swimming at Edenville
Picture of Aerobics and SERIOUS books
Aerobic Training
Almost all training was aerobic.
Very little anerobic training.
Guide was Dr. Ken Cooper’s 1969 book, Aerobics, in which he says 30 points/week for a healthful heart, lungs, and vascular system.
Included: swimming, biking, walking, rowing and stairmaster (no running).
Aerobic Training
30 points/week is any of the following:
1.7 mile swim, or (40 min/mile)
8 miles run, or (8 min/mile)
30 miles bike, or (15 mph)
75 minutes rowing, or
30 minutes stairmaster, or (> 50%)
20 miles walking (< 17 min/mile)
Aerobic Training
My training reached 60 points/day
(14 X normal)
3.3 miles swimming, or
60 miles biking, or
30 miles race walking, or
15 miles running, or
150 minutes rowing, or
120 minutes stairmaster
Aerobic Training
My training actually consisted of a little each day of swimming, biking, walking, rowing and stairmaster.
I was able to avoid any injuries.
I went over 60 days without missing a single workout.
June 4, 1994, turned out to be a ‘date that became a turning point in my quest’.
Double Ironman Triathlon
Picture of training log
Double Ironman Triathlon
Entry blank sent in July 20, 1994
Acceptance received Aug 2, 1994
Double Ironman Triathlon
Picture of acceptance letter
Double Ironman Triathlon
Picture of entries
Double Ironman Triathlon
Article in MDN
Double Ironman Triathlon
Article in FREEP
Double Ironman Triathlon
Developed logo and mantra
Picture of T-shirt, both sides
Double Ironman Triathlon
Judy – Head of the crew (Car 1)
She will decide when to quit
Scot – Canoe, go-fer, pacer (Car 2)
Robyn – Timer & Photographer
Double Ironman Triathlon
Arrival 3 days early
Pre-race meetings
Pictures of headquarters, officials
Double Ironman Triathlon
41 in the WORLD qualified
39 actually started
21 repeaters, 18 of us first timers
2 women, 37 men
1/3 foreign, 2/3 United States
half blue collar, half professional
8-10 were ‘supermen’
10-12 more were superb athletes
remaining (me) were just very well trained
Double Ironman Triathlon
Picture of individual entrants
Occupations, nationality
Double Ironman Triathlon
Swim was in Tennessee River, each contestant with canoe escort.
Bike was on Huntsville Arsenal, 10 loops of 21 miles. No traffic.
Run was in Huntsville, 26 loops of 2 mile course. Lots of traffic.
Double Ironman Triathlon
Double Ironman Triathlon
Herb Lang, Isaiah 40:12
Robyn forgot to start stopwatch!
Double Ironman Triathlon
Double Ironman Triathlon
Planned to drink/eat every 20 minutes
Lot of rain in 1994 gave us a good current to swim with.
All four species of poisonous snakes in U.S. are indigenous to Alabama!
Used a balloon on boat for visibility.
Last out of water. Judy breathing again!
Double Ironman Triathlon
Picture end of swimming
Last out of water
7 to 9 am
The Question We All Have
Can I ride 224 miles on the bike…
after swimming 4.8 miles,
in the Alabama heat on Labor Day,
and keep eating & hydrated,
and not get sick,
and not lose too much weight,
and keep within the cutoff times,
and not start out too fast.
Double Ironman Triathlon
Biked always with a companion plus one car following me.
Don Wallace, 1993 finisher, full professor at Univ. Alabama in Civil Engineering.
Talked the entire time.
Music plays a role.
Double Ironman Triathlon
Double Ironman Triathlon
Double Ironman Triathlon
Picture of biking
Double Ironman Triathlon
Hit the wall at 80 miles biking.
Hottest part of day.
Thought I might have to quit.
Butterscotch pudding saved me.
Judy kept me going.
Double Ironman Triathlon
Wind died down towards evening
Switched to a lighter bike
Rode through the night in fog
Finished about 4:00 am to the strains of Hail To The Victors
Not the last bike finisher
Winner had already finished
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15 minute shower
Felt good when starting the walk
Crew grabbed about 4 hours sleep
Judy walked with me after daylight
Don Wallace back for 2nd marathon
Double Ironman Triathlon
Had to do a 2 mile loop, 26 times
Stretched 20 sec after each loop
Race walking on sidewalks
Race headquarters was the Gus Grissom High School
Eclectic bunch of pacers
You are way past addrelin help
Double Ironman Triathlon
At 26 hours, middle runners are beginning to finish.
Emotions really got to me.
Laid down to rest about 28 miles, and I almost didn’t get up.
Told meet director I would finish around 35 hours.
Lost my gyroscope about 34 hours.
Double Ironman Triathlon
Double Ironman Triathlon
Double Ironman Triathlon
Double Ironman Triathlon
“Does your orthopedic surgeon know what your are doing?”
First thing said to me as I crossed the finish line by Ray Sheppard, meet director, himself a doctor of gynecology
Double Ironman Triathlon
20 minutes to shower before awards
Declined IVs
Lost 2 pounds overall
Burned 7600 calories on biking
Double Ironman Triathlon
Double Ironman Triathlon
36 of 39 finished
#2, #6, #12 seeds dropped out
#1 John Quinn, talked of quitting
“In 36th place, competing on two artificial hips, finishing in a time of 35 hours and 38 minutes, from Midland, Michigan, USA, Larry Piper”
Double Ironman Triathlon
Double Ironman Triathlon
Went to bed at 10pm; awake 41 hours
Woke at 3 am to write down my feelings
Called MDN with story; learned two days later I had been inducted into the Midland County Sports Hall of Fame.
Spoke at Milan Prison in December based upon Free Press article.
Double Ironman Triathlon
The highest compliment paid to me was by Steve Bozeman, a five-time finisher of the Double Ironman, and career Marine…
“God, you’ve got guts.”
Double Ironman Triathlon
Don Casper – friend, presenter for Hall of Fame, coach, sports business owner
‘I knew if it came down to heart, you would be able to finish.’
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