[pcsronbo]

What do you call it?<br><br>
Forget the corporate naming crapola for now.

 

[LeftRightRepeat]

You forgot to say "wait for it."

 

[RunningForT3]

There's also the "long course" option.

 

[Tithers]

long course isn't half iron though...almost...right?

 

[Thor]

Long course, typically, is half Iron (or 70.3, if that's your flavor) or beyond, including the Iron distance.<br><br>
Half Iron is the "old," or even non-branded edition of a race that is half the distance of an Iron distance event. 70.3, the total distance, is now a title being promoted by the brand Ironman.<br><br>
It's all the same. Care what they call it if you will. I personally do not. Distances are all the same.

 

[4boysmom]

Impossible?

 

[slow_n_steady]

I call it a half iron because we don't have any "70.3" races in this part of the world.

 

[LookiLoo]

I usually say half iron, mostly b/c it seems more recognizable (maybe just to me?) - Also, you usually hear people say "I'm training for an ironman", not "I'm training for 140.6"...

 

[Boyerdavea]

Good point! But it sounds better to my friends and family that I am doing a Ironman 70.3 vs a half ironman. They don't know the difference and think the Ironman 70.3 is a full Ironman. Even if you try and explain it they just don't understand.<br><br>
But i would go with whatever the event is calling it.

 

[juliemboyle]

I call it Half Iron, BUT I have a 70.3 sticker on my car <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[QuixoticNotions]

I honestly have very little occasion to call it anything, but I would probably call it a half iron. And then explain the distances if they don't know.<br><br><i>Yeah, I'm one of those people who ignore the fact the people who I'm talking to likely don't care.</i>

 

[pete_72]

Been calling it Half-Iron Man because ppl have no idea what it means but it sounds funny to them; and so they ask me what's the score.

 

[LookiLoo]

<br>
Last night I told DH that I was going to do an ironman *just* so I could put a 140.6 sticker on my car <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif">

 

[itri]

I understand the 'marketing' side to this, but to me its sort of like saying a "Marathon 13.1"

 

[Boyerdavea]

yeah, but how many stickers to do you see that say 13.1 or 26.2?

 

[Tri_coach06]

Most people glaze over before you can tell them what the distances are or what you are doing, therefore I call it a tri. Very rarley do I say I'm doing a half, or I just use the name, ie GCT.<br><br>
CS

 

[Tithers]

My favorite is when I tell people I'm doing/did an IM...they say...oh...that's just like what my friend did...400y, 15 b...5k...<br><br>
"Yup, Just like!"

 

[runninirish]

I have seen both stickers before...I thought it was kind of funny...<br><br>
I was talking to an old triathlete a few years back and told him about my upcoming 1/2 that year...he said, "Oh, you mean a Tinman"...that's what they used to call the 1/2...a Tinman...I guess it makes sense, Ironman is the top dog, Tinman is a step below...

 

[Chris the Wheeler]

I call it the Half Ironman, even though I haven't done one yet. That's a goal for 09.

 

[Boyerdavea]

i do like "TinMan"! Maybe we should change the name back to the old name.