Ironman Triathlon World Championships
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
7:00 am, Saturday, October 21, 2006
2.4-mile swim,
112-mile bike,
26.2-mile run
I started competing in triathlons twenty years ago, but I had not
entered any in the last seven or so years. I take that back. I entered
one spring triathlon in 2005 under a fake name so no one would see how
poorly I did it. I have never attempted a half-ironman or full-length
ironman. I have run a half dozen marathons and ridden many century
rides, but nothing really to prepare myself for this kind of an event.
Ironman Hawaii has a lottery system that receieves around 4000
applicants each year, and they draw 100 folks, I think. I have
entered that lottery ($40 per year?) 6 or 7 times over the years, and
in April of 2006 I was selected.
How I found out I was going to Hawaii:
Initial KQ2 interview
(2.8 MB wmv file)
I was waiting for Ashton Kutcher to jump out & tell me I had been
Punk'd. After it actually aired on the news that night, I allowed
myself to believe it. So then, starting from a pretty negligible base,
I started training.
Follow-up interview, taped 12 hours before we left, aired a couple days before the race
Second KQ2 interview
(2.3 MB wmv file)
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