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You want tough? Try pulling your son on a raft for 2.4 miles. Then pushing him on a bike for 112-miles in the hot sun. OK, hot sun doesn't begin to cover it - blazing hot sun? - and winds that would stop most mortal beings in their tracks. How about finishing the day with a marathon, once again pushing your son every step of the way. Read the story »
When the doctors told Dwight Kroening that he was going to die 22 years ago, you can be sure they weren't expecting to see this. In two days the man they had all but given up on is likely to become the first heart transplant recipient to ever finish an Ironman. Read the story »
OK, now this is funny. After my winging column about my camping trip last week, I received quite a few e-mails and comments. Read the story »
"Once you've done an Ironman, it's like a little card that you keep in your back pocket," Bob Babbitt says. "Whenever things get tough, you pull that card out and get through them." Read the story »
Whoever broke into the Exceeding Expectations trailer last week had better hope that they don't ever bump into me. The Exceeding Expectations program is about the most wonderful thing that our sport has ever done, and now some creeps have managed to make Cherie Gruenfeld's tough-enough job even more challenging. Read the story »
I was almost into the shower when the phone rang. "It's Graham," my wife said, rolling her eyes because she knew I would be on the phone for a while. She was right. Graham Fraser was about as excited as I'd ever heard him - the words flying out even faster (which is hard to believe, I know!) - as he raved about the spectacular view he was enjoying that very minute. Read the story »
You want an inspirational story for this weekend? How's this work for you? Picture a guy who dreams of being the world's best Ironman triathlete. He comes to Klagenfurt in 2000 to do his first Ironman race. Jurgen Zach is in the midst of blowing away the field on the bike, he's riding in second place, right alongside an American named Tim Deboom - yes, the same Tim DeBoom who would become a two-time Ironman champion. Read the story »
Two weeks ago I posted a story about Scott Rigsby and his nomination for the Energizer Hall of Fame. In that story I inadvertently did a huge disservice to a young Japanese triathlete named Masaki Fujita, who became the first double amputee to finish an Ironman when he crossed the line at Ironman New Zealand in 2007 in 16:28. Read the story »
