The Ironman triathlon would not be where it is today without Valerie Silk. Silk served as the owner, president, CEO and race director for the Hawaiian Triathlon Corporation (now the World Triathlon Corporation) throughout the 1980s. But Silk will tell you that the day that turned out to be a milestone in Ironman history was a day in which she thought, at the time, she had “killed the sport.” In this, the final podcast in a five-part series profiling this year’s Hall of Fame inductees, we hear Silk’s story.

Hall of Fame Series—Valerie Silk–

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