United States Sports Academy

This research intends to define and categorize ironman-distance triathletes' training methods and general characteristics then look for correlations among those variables with the athlete's level of achievement. It intends to categorize ironman-distance training methods by athlete's characteristics and athlete's level of success, identify training methods and/or athlete characteristics that correlate highly with successful results in ironman-distance events, and from that indicate which training methods should be more successful for an athlete possessing particular characteristics.

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