Ironman

Photo opportunities abounded in West Hawai‘i on Saturday.

The 2019 VEGA IRONMAN World Championship, held in Kailua-Kona on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, was not lacking for drama. Nor was it lacking for elation. 

Jan Frodeno’s recipe for running the best IRONMAN World Championship race on record was simple, if not a little counterintuitive

Athletes tackled the 140.6-mile course Saturday for Vega IRONMAN World Championship 2019.

Haug, who finished third in 2018, said after the race she wasn’t aware of how quickly she’d completed the marathon.

Frodeno clocked a time of 7:51:13, almost a minute and a half better than the former world record set last year by his fellow countryman, Patrick Lange.

US triathlete Tim O‘Donnell hit the final leg of the 2019 VEGA IRONMAN World Championship a little before noon on Saturday running in second place. 

IRONMAN confirmed Lange’s departure from the race via a Facebook post just before 9:20 a.m. Saturday.

The VEGA IRONMAN World Championship is well underway, with the competition and the weather both beginning to heat up.

Last year’s IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona was about time. This year, it’s about timelessness. 

The Vega IRONMAN World Championship will start Saturday with 20 hours of live coverage through IRONMAN Now on Facebook Watch, as well as on NBC Sports, ARD, and HR Fernsehen.

Monica Price swims more frequently than she used to.

IRONMAN on Wednesday announced a new training app scheduled for full release in 2020. 

Hawai‘i County Police Department has enforced a few citations and responded to two accidents involving triathletes.

There are few settings in the world where every ten feet you move, you’re likely to hear a new language.

Parade of Nations came through Ali’i Drive Tuesday evening welcoming over 2,500 triathletes from around the world.

Road closures for Vega IRONMAN week begin Thursday. Roads on race day will close at around 6 a.m.

About 2,500 of the world’s top triathletes are registered to compete in Kailua-Kona on Oct. 12 at the 2019 Vega IRONMAN. Fifty-seven of those athletes are from Hawai‘i.

Monday, a group of 50 associated with the VEGA IRONMAN World Championship made a trek up mauka to participate in grounds restoration at Halau Ka‘eaikahelelani.

IRONMAN expects to make economic history this year as nearly 2,500 triathletes descend on the Kona Coast for the 2019 Vega IRONMAN World Championship.