Most of Michigan is in the Eastern Time Zone The four counties of Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron and Menominee, in the western Upper Peninsula, are in the Central Time Zone.
Ironman Triathlon. An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25 km) bicycle ride and a marathon 26.2-mile (42.2 km) run, raced in that order and without a break.
On November 4, Andrew Starykowicz won Ironman Florida on the strength of an amazing 4:04:39 bike split that smashed Andreas Raelert s world-best Ironman-distance bike split mark, set at Challenge Roth in 2011, by 7 minutes and 4 seconds.