Ironman Facts

Gordon Ramsay finished the 2013 Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. The world's angriest chef swam 2.4 miles in the open ocean, biked 112 miles, then ran a full marathon, all in one day. He crossed the finish line in 14 hours and 4 minutes. And it was no stunt. He had already run 10 London Marathons in a row.

Rick Hoyt had cerebral palsy, unable to speak or move. Doctors said he belonged in an institution. His parents refused. At 12, engineers built him a computer. In 1977 he asked his father Dick to push him through a 5 mile race. That night he typed: Dad, when I'm running, it feels like I'm not handicapped. Dick kept pushing him for 1,000 more races. 32 Boston Marathons. Six Ironmans.