This saturday at 4pm est on NBC.
What is the 19th month?
What is the 19th month?
I think it’s like the 19th hole.
He corrected it already!
Any guesses if it will be the same lame coverage NBC always provides? How little time will they use to cover Norman’s record bike vs how much time they spend on some tear jerker personal interest story?
Any guesses if it will be the same lame coverage NBC always provides?
I gave up on the Hawaii coverage years ago. I’ve had too many years thinking this will be a great year and then thinking what a waste of time watching. How many more “human interest” stories can they dream up?
Triathlon is definitely a participant sport.
From the email they sent me:
The Emmy award-winning broadcast was taped on location in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii on October 21, 2006 as nearly 1,700 athletes completed the world’s most challenging endurance event. The broadcast leads viewers on a 140.6 mile journey through the lava fields of Hawaii where professional and age group athletes push themselves to a variety of mental and physical limits. Watch as athletes complete a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike and a 26.2 mile run in succession within the 17-hour timeframe. In addition to the professionals, the broadcast will also show age group athletes that exemplify the true spirit of Ironman. The show will be broadcast in HD.
Being relatively new to the sport, I’m still not jaded enough to not enjoy the coverage. I’m actually really looking forward to it. However, “the world’s most challenging endurance event”? That’s a quite a claim!?!?!
**“the world’s most challenging endurance event”? That’s a quite a claim!?!?! **
It sells, even though everyone familiar with the sport realize it is hyperbole to say the least. To many people who have never been involved in endurance sports, and are watching for the human interest story (the T.V broadcast really is designed with them in mind), they may actually think it is the most challenging endurance event in the world.
I hear this year it was shot in HD for the first time. That’ll be nice!
I’m pumped…usually psyches me up!! Sure Ill go for a run after watching it, as I usually do…
I’ll watch it and enjoy it. All the human-interest crap and lack of race coverage gets on my nerves, but I still like to see tri on TV.
-C
I wonder if I can find someone to bet on the results…
Adam
I wish it was day of coverage instead of 3 weeks later
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HD?
sorry for my ignorance but what is that!!!???
i will need someone to set a torrent so i can download the coverage 
high definition
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aaah…uuuuuh…ok
stupid question then i guess 
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yeah…go back to sleep…you’ll get a call soon when it’s time 
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I wonder if I can find someone to bet on the results…
Adam
I was talking to someone on the phone yesterday, about triathlon, and I told him the coverage was on NBC on Saturday. He said, “Why aren’t you there racing?”
-C
Its the world’s most challenging endurance event that anyone outside of slowtwitch gives a damn about.
Ironmanlive.com indicates these might be the stories:
David Rozelle – While in Iraq, commanding 140 troops of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Captain David Rozelle lost part of his right leg when a landmine exploded under his Humvee. With intensive rehabilitation, as a below-the-knee amputee, Rozelle returned to active duty and an active lifestyle. After completing the 2004 San Diego Triathlon Challenge, he became a mentor in the Challenged Athletes Foundation’s Operation Rebound Program and set his sights on the Ford Ironman World Championship in Hawaii. David Samson – As President of the Florida Marlins Major League Baseball Team, Samson was inspired to complete an Ironman after watching the 1995 Ironman broadcast. His lifelong dream became a reality this year while he raced to raise money for two charities close to his heart, the Challenged Athletes Foundation and the Florida Marlins Community Foundation, an organization that promotes educational, athletic, health and community service programs with a particular focus on South Florida’s youth. Jon Blais – Blais completed the 2005 Ford Ironman World Championship despite being diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. This year, Blais returned to Kona to celebrate the athletic accomplishments of new supporters of “The War on ALS.” Sister Madonna Buder – At 76 years of age, Buder holds the title of the oldest female finisher of the Ford Ironman World Championship and also became this year’s last official finisher with a time of 16:59:03.
If NBC showed zero human interest stories, the ratings for the broadcast would so much lower than they already are. If all you care about is watching the pros racing, you can always go re-watch the Ironman.com live feed.