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Add another amazing exploit to Joanna Zeiger's amazing resume. She's an Olympian. She's an Ironman champion. She managed to finish her PhD, finish fourth at the Olympics and finish fifth at the Ford Ironman World Championship all in the same year. Now we can add another amazing feat: the fastest Ironman 70.3 race ever - on the way to winning the title here at the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3. Read the story »
As one of the original finishers of the first Ironman 30 years ago, Dave Orlowski returned to Kona this year to race again for the first time since he rode his borrowed Sears Free Spirit bike to become an Ironman. In part he wanted to get back to the lifestyle, in part he wanted to celebrate his achievement and, in part, he also wanted to dedicate the race to a friend. Read the story »
Andy Potts' racing attitude has always been pretty simple: "Go find the biggest races, go find the best people and then you have a measuring stick with which to measure yourself." Read the story »
When Sarah Breier first learned she had cancer she was more angry than anything else. Pregnant with her second child, the Australian who now lives here in the United States was given five years to live. That was six years ago. England's Bob Purrington, who has Parkinsons disease, isn't supposed to be able to swim 1.2 miles, bike 56 or run 13.1 miles. He'll be doing that tomorrow. Read the story »
While Andy Potts returns as the defending men's champion, even he has to wonder how his legs will feel through the second half of the run tomorrow. Potts is coming off a seventh place finish at last month's Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona, which offers lots of hope to the men who couldn't catch him here a year ago. Read the story »
We've heard lots about the big names competing in tomorrow's Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3, but we're always aware of some of the up-and-coming triathletes who could play a factor in the race, too. Here are a couple of professionals who are hoping to excel here in Clearwater tomorrow: Read the story »
Do you think there's any chance there will be a dry eye in the house when Rick and Dick Hoyt get to the finish line on Saturday? My guess is no. Bring on the tissues, folks ... they're going to do it to us again. Read the story »
Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 defending champion Mirinda Carfrae arrives here in Kona as the logical favorite, but while that makes sense in theory, there is no doubt that she will need to have a great day to win here again. Read the story »
