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In our continuing series of amazing stories, as told by Ironman finishers themselves, we bring you this amazing race report fromShawan Gibson, who managed to finish Ford Ironman Wisconsin last year despite incredible odds. Read the story »
Can you believe it? We're finally done. This will be our last post for 2006, and, to ensure that you have lots of reading over the holiday, there's lots of content that we're throwing at you in this one story, including, if you're up for it ... a triathlon version of an old classic by Lee Gruenfeld and myself that you can listen to. Read the story »
Tune in this Saturday, December 9 as NBC airs the 2006 Ford Ironman World Championship from 4:00 - 6:00 PM EST. Read the story »
***Look for a feature on David Samson during this weekend?s coverage (Saturday, December 9, 4 to 6 PM EST) of the Ford Ironman World Championship on NBC.*** Read the story »
A group of 47 professionals will vie for one of four Ford Ironman World Championship slots this Sunday and the competition talk is tough days before the race. Read the story »
Chris Legh knew the attempt would likely be futile. That first would come the difficulty breathing, the shallow breaths. Then he'd try to inhale deeply and his lungs just would not cooperate. That little hole is in his heart, a congenital defect, would flip open a little more and blood would start to flow backwards to his lungs. Finally, he'd be coughing up blood, slow down and probably be forced to jog, maybe even walk part of the marathon. Read the story »
Scotland's Bella Comerford once again managed to get to the line ahead of the rest of her competition here in Panama City Beach today, taking the lead by mile three of the marathon and never looking back as she claimed her fourth Ford Ironman Florida title. Read the story »
Normann Stadler's second Ford Ironman World Championship title means more to him than his first, he told us at yesterday's press conference. Read the story »
She was more than happy with second last year. She was more than happy with second at the Olympic Games in 2000. Other people seemed to think she shouldn't be, though ... and we get to thank some of those people for the fact that we have a new Ford Ironman World Champion. Read the story »
The Ford Iroman World Championship has always been the spot where you've seen many of the pros utilizing the latest and greatest ... and this year is no different. Read the story »
