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It is so great to have Tim Don back, feeling great, and ready to hit the race course once again. Last October, three days before the Ironman World Championship, Don was hit by a car while on his bike and suffered a broken neck. The Boston Marathon was Tim's first race back since breaking his neck, and we had a great chat a few days before the marathon. Tim's goal was to run 2:50, and he ended up doing just that, finishing in 2:49:42.
WATCH the interview here.
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Karen Smyers is one of the few triathletes in history to win both the ITU World Championship at the Olympic distance and win the Ironman World Championship. Karen took us through her career, with great insight into some of her most memorable races, including her 1995 win in Kona.
WATCH the interview here.
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Lisa Bentley is an 11-time Ironman Champion, author, and inductee into the Triathlon Canada Hall of Fame. She joined us for a chat a few days before the Boston Marathon and talked about racing as an elite athlete with cystic fibrosis. Lisa had an impressive day on Marathon Monday, running 3:09:59.
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Ryan Hall holds the American Record for the half marathon with a 59.43, he is the only American to go sub-2:05 for the marathon (2:04:58 at the 2011 Boston Marathon), and is a two-time Olympian in the marathon. Ryan joined us to chat about his incredible career and memorable races.
WATCH the interview here.
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In Case You Missed It:
As we celebrate Ironman's 40th anniversary, I've been looking back at each of my years at the Hawaii Ironman, starting in 1980. This week was 1986. I wrote about my race that year... |
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The year was 1986, and for some reason I felt it was important to focus on my swimming for that year’s Ironman. I swam pretty much every single day that summer and ended up having my best swim ever in Kona, something in the 1:02 range.
Great. So I took a few minutes off my swim, stopped to take a pee after the swim, and came out of transition in basically the same spot I normally came out in.
Nice plan, Einstein.
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