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Ironman

25th Ironman may have been his last

LAKE PLACID — Rich Donnelly, a 61-year-old copy editor at People magazine who lives in New York’s Hudson Valley, chose to be the last one in the water on Sunday, July 21 for the 25th Ironman Lake Placid triathlon. He’d competed at every Ironman race in Lake Placid since the first one ...

Spectator Guide 2024: Watch the Ironman race in person or virtually

LAKE PLACID — Those wanting to see the Ironman Lake Placid triathlon — either in person or virtually — have options to watch portions of the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run on Sunday. Free live coverage of the event will be broadcast across multiple platforms for ...

‘It’s still amazing’

LAKE PLACID — After hosting a handful of Ironman Canada triathlons in the 1990s, Canadian Graham Fraser decided it was time to expand to the United States. The 1985 Ironman World Championship finisher and his team had a list of places in the Northeast that they wanted to check out. But on ...

‘The Voice of Ironman’ returns

LAKE PLACID — Legendary announcer Mike Reilly — “The Voice of Ironman” — is coming out of retirement to call one more Ironman Lake Placid triathlon on Sunday, July 21. He called every Ironman race in this village from 1999 to 2022. “They asked me to come back to the 25th ...