Ultra-triathlon

An ultra-triathlon is a long-distance triathlon. The term generally refers to all triathlon events of distance greater than the Ironman Triathlon. Thus, every ultra triathlon event must involve more than 2.4 miles (3.86 km) of swimming, 112 miles (180.25 km) of cycling, and a full marathon (26.2 mi or 42.2 km) of running.^[1] The most common distances are the double, triple, quadruple, quintuple and deca Ironman.^[2] Unlike a standard triathlon event, an ultra-triathlon event may not necessarily involve the three component disciplines of triathlon (swimming, cycling and running) in direct consecutive order, but may instead consists of multiple consecutive individual triathlons performed on consecutive days.^[3]

Distances

World records

Men

Distance	Athlete	Time	Place
Ironman	Andreas Raelert	7 h 41 m 33 s	2011 Roth[4]
Double		19 h 36 m 00 s	1994 Huntsville[5]
Triple	Luis Wildpanner	31 h 47 m 57 s	2003 Lensahn[5]
Quadruple	Søren Højbjerre	53 h 41 m 00 s	1993 Ungarn[5]
Quintuple	Stephen Pearce	73 h 09 m 08 s	2015 Leon[5]
Deca	Fabrice Lucas	192 h 08 m 26 s	1997 Monterrey[5]
10-Days	Marcel Heinig	174 h 50 m 34 s	2009 Monterrey[6]
Double Deca	Vidmantas Urbonas	437 h 21 m 40 s	1998 Monterrey[7]
Triple Deca	Connor Boucher	1809 h 53 m 32 s	2014 Monterrey[5]
30-Days	Jozsef Rokob	356 h 33 m 17 s	2013 Lake Garda[8]

Women

Distance	Athlete	Time	Place
Ironman	Chrissie Wellington	8 h 18 m 13 s	2011 Roth[9]
Double	Tina Bischoff	22 h 07 m 00 s	1994 Huntsville[10]
Triple	Astrid Benöhr	37 h 54 m 54 s	1996 Lensahn[10]
Quadruple	Astrid Benöhr	59 h 15 m 00 s	1993 Ungarn[10]
Quintuple	Astrid Benöhr	86 h 44 m 37 s	1994 Den Haag[5][10]
Deca	Sylvia Andonie	249 h 14 m 52 s	1992, Monterrey [5]
Double Deca	Sylvia Andonie	643 h 01 m 49 s	1998, Monterrey

International Ultra Triathlon Association

The IUTA^[11] is the official governing body of Ultra Triathlon.

References

1. ↑ http://web.comhem.se/~u32749097/ultra.html
2. ↑ http://www.triathlon-tips.se/ultratriathlon.aspx
3. ↑ Murphy, T.J. (18 November 2013). "The Triple DECA Ironman: One Man’s Journey Through 30 Days of Non-stop Ironman Racing". LAVA Magazine. Retrieved 17 August 2014. 
4. ↑ http://www.challenge-roth.com/en/news/newsmeldungen/2011_07_10-1.html
5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 http://www.iutasport.com/archives/records.php
6. ↑ Results 10-Days-Triathlon Worldrecord-Race, read 2010-04-29
7. ↑ http://www.triathlonweb.nl/dutch/records.htm
8. ↑ http://lavamagazine.com/the-triple-deca-ironman-one-mans-journey-through-30-days-of-non-stop-ironman-racing/?cbg_tz=-120
9. ↑
10. 1 2 3 4 http://www.triathlonweb.nl/dutch/recordwm.htm
11. ↑ http://www.iutasport.com/

External links

• International Ultra Triathlon Association