The ORIGINAL IM SI article!!!

[robreddy]

If you have never read this story of Iron Man in its first years - you should. The story goes that the SI author was actually in HI to cover some big golf tourney - The gold tourney was delayed 9I could be wrong about this) and so he was bummin around and caught wind of the triathlon 'thing' - so he covered the race and wrote an epic article on it.

check it out

vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/...MAG1094935/index.htm

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[Aussie Rob]

linky no worky

[Aussie Rob]

vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1094935/index.htm

try this

[jimdehner]

I got out there by going to vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com
then searching against "triathlon" and the publication date is May 14, 1979

[MarkD]

Hmmm. 1979. I was 10 years old and just getting into Iron Maiden.... Not Iron Man !!

Fast forward 30 dam* years, I'm still into Iron Maiden and not Iron Man !

Short course is where it's at, baby !!!!!!!

[Aussie Rob]

The itch is there, you know it.

Can't do triathlon without experiencing all it has to offer.