Njengoba kunikezwe lesi sigaba mayelana ne-triathlon, ngubani owasungula i-Ironman
Context:NgoLwesithathu, ngoSeptember 25, 1974, umncintiswano waqala. Waqala ngokugijima ibanga elingamakhilomitha angu-4.8, kwalandela ukuhamba ngebhayisikili kabili uzungeze iFiesta Island isikhathi esingamakhilomitha angu-8.0 (5 mi). Abahlanganyeli babebe sebehla emabhayisikili, bakhumula izicathulo zabo bese begijima beya emanzini ukuze babhukude baye ezweni. Lokho kwalandelwa ukugijima ngezinyawo ezingenamikhono, bese ngibhukuda futhi ngasechwebeni, bese ngibhukuda okokugcina ngize ngifike emnyango weSiqhingi iFiesta, bese ngikhasa okokugcina nginyuka umhosha othambile onodaka ukuze ngiqede. Iningi lalaba babekhona lalingakwazi ukubhukuda, ngakho uJohnstone wacela indodana yakhe eneminyaka engu-13 ubudala ukuba igxume ebhodini layo lokushushuluza izintaba futhi ibe umsizi. Abanye ababambe iqhaza bathatha isikhathi eside kunalokho okwakulindelekile, futhi kwaqala ukuba mnyama njengoba beqeda ukubhukuda. UShanahan ukhumbula ukuthi bamisa izimoto ezimbalwa futhi bavula izibani ukuze abasubathi babone. UJohnstone noShanahan bamangala ngenani elikhulu labahlanganyeli (46), ikakhulukazi abavela emakilabhini endawo okugijima. Abahlanganyeli ababili abaphawulekayo, uJudy noJohn Collins, eminyakeni emine kamuva bathola umcimbi owaletha ukunakwa komhlaba wonke kulo mdlalo omusha: iHawaii Ironman
I-Ironman yasungulwa uJudy noJohn Collins eminyakeni emine ngemva kwe-triathlon yokuqala eyaziwayo yanamuhla ngoLwesithathu, ngo-September 25, 1974.