Does it change your opinion of the event???
~ Coach P
Looks like the facebook story.
What's Facebook? @Francis Picard
IMO, the people most responsible for originally creating, molding, and growing the Ironman image and subsequent brand strength are:
• John Collins turning a random bar conversation into an actual thing,
• Barry McDermott for first documenting the craziness involved, and
• Valerie Silk for turning it into an event which would attract the annual attention of TV networks and, later, corporate advertisers.
• Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and Paula Newby-Fraser deserve honorable mention for showing how to actually race and compete in the damn thing.
@Al Truscott - I would add Julie Moss for singlehandedly making the event famous on ABC Wide World of Sports.
I would definitely agree with Julie Moss. Those of us who have been doing Tri for more then 20-25 years ( 33 for me) all seem to have our first lasting memory of triathlon as the Julie Moss finish.
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Looks like the facebook story.
What's Facebook? @Francis Picard
IMO, the people most responsible for originally creating, molding, and growing the Ironman image and subsequent brand strength are:
• John Collins turning a random bar conversation into an actual thing,
• Barry McDermott for first documenting the craziness involved, and
• Valerie Silk for turning it into an event which would attract the annual attention of TV networks and, later, corporate advertisers.
• Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and Paula Newby-Fraser deserve honorable mention for showing how to actually race and compete in the damn thing.
@Al Truscott - I would add Julie Moss for singlehandedly making the event famous on ABC Wide World of Sports.
I would definitely agree with Julie Moss. Those of us who have been doing Tri for more then 20-25 years ( 33 for me) all seem to have our first lasting memory of triathlon as the Julie Moss finish.