We had run lots of marathons, climbed many a mountain peak, done tuff mudder races and ridden bicycles on countless long rides, but we came to the conclusion that real men do Ironman Races.

I whined that I couldn’t swim.  The response was, “Well, you can learn!” 

So…..I took lessons and joined a swim club.  I put in the required time.  Then, eventually, I became a swimmer – not a good swimmer – just a swimmer who could accomplish the distances required of an Ironman Race.

 

 

For accounts of our trials and tribulations of 2 Ironman 70.3 races, one in Maine and the other in Boulder see Exploits of a Common Adventurer Book II by kent irwin