Marc Lair is a San Diego, California-based real estate investment and development professional who has driven activities at The Equitable Group, Inc., since 1994. Outside of his office management and investment duties at The Equitable Group, Marc Lair stays active as a triathlete.
Triathletes compete in any of several three-discipline endurance races, the most extensive of which is the Ironman. The first modern triathlon was held in San Diego in 1974, while participants in that race, Judy and John Collins, organized the first-ever Ironman race in Hawaii four years later. Today, world records for the full Ironman triathlon belong to Germany’s Jan Frodeno, who completed the Challenge Roth 2016 race in seven hours, 35 minutes, 39 seconds, and Chrissie Wellington of the United Kingdom, who won the same event in 2011 with a time of eight hours, 18 minutes, 13 seconds.
Frodeno and Wellington posted these times following a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile cycling leg, and finally a full, 26.2-mile marathon. That said, other triathletes might prefer the Half Ironman distances or the slightly shorter Olympic triathlon. The sprint triathlon is the shortest competition of its kind, though it still entails more than 15.5 miles of cycling and running, plus a half-mile swimming section.
Triathletes compete in any of several three-discipline endurance races, the most extensive of which is the Ironman. The first modern triathlon was held in San Diego in 1974, while participants in that race, Judy and John Collins, organized the first-ever Ironman race in Hawaii four years later. Today, world records for the full Ironman triathlon belong to Germany’s Jan Frodeno, who completed the Challenge Roth 2016 race in seven hours, 35 minutes, 39 seconds, and Chrissie Wellington of the United Kingdom, who won the same event in 2011 with a time of eight hours, 18 minutes, 13 seconds.
Frodeno and Wellington posted these times following a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile cycling leg, and finally a full, 26.2-mile marathon. That said, other triathletes might prefer the Half Ironman distances or the slightly shorter Olympic triathlon. The sprint triathlon is the shortest competition of its kind, though it still entails more than 15.5 miles of cycling and running, plus a half-mile swimming section.
