I would actually recommend that you begin with a conventional road bike. A triathlon bike is built for a very specific purpose - going fast in time trials. They are very impractical for anything else. They're not very comfortable and are a little awk...
What is it about? It's about competing in the world's toughest triathlon and being the best. Ironman is a distance and a trademark. An Ironman Triathlon is a triathlon sanctioned by the World Triathlon Corporation that adheres to specific distances f...
Many multiple distances are run for tri's. You have one REALLY set distance, the Ironman distance although this can often be referred to as a Ulta distance if it isn't associated with the Ironman group. It is a 2.4mile swim, 112mile bike, and 26.2mil...