Race Coverage

A Sweet Learning Experience...

Saturday, 10 November 2012 01:10

"The only thing you deserve is what you earn

humble and and patient, or this sport will eat you up and spit you out. Evan and Jen trusted me from beginning to end. They endured and sacrificed for 11 months to chase down a personal goal of completing an Ironman. I knew early on that they were tough athletes willing to push themselves harder than they had before. The three of us combined Swam 200 miles, Biked 10,000 and Ran 4,200.

Two days before the 2006 Madison Ironman, I was in my hotel room, alone and drunk and high. I was in the middle of a divorce and in the grip of my addiction. I was at my weakest and lowest moment and about to do another Ironman My now wife, Wendy, was on her way to watch me race and I was trashed. Somehow, I completed the race and she was there the entire day. A marathoner, she didn