Tri-Cities
Great trip to Tri-Cities area of Tennessee - Tri-Cities is Johnson City, Kingsport and Bristol (VA) I appeared on two local TV shows, spoke at Colonial Heights Middle School and kicked off the Tri-Cities JDRF Walk. For once, the travel Gods were with me as I was able to get on an earlier flight, then an earlier connection to be in my house at 3:00 pm on Saturday instead of Midnight!
I would also like to recognize two members of Team Iron Andy who finished the BRUTAL Ironman St. George (Utah) this past weekend. Jonathan Rigby - fellow type 1 diabetes Iron Athlete completed his 10th IM with a very impressive sub-13 hour time. Also, Lt. Colonel Chris De Los Santos finshed his 2nd IM. Apparantly of the 2700 competitors, nearly 1000 DNF (Did Not Finish) that is unheard of as there is usually a better than 90% finish rate. From what Jonathan told me the water was frigid, the bike had massive hills and wind…as did the run. I’m glad I skipped that one. Nice job fellas…Thanks for representing Team Iron Andy proudly!!!
Off to to El Paso this week.
IRONANDY
May 3rd, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Around 1900 started and over 1600 finished, so there were less than 300 DNF. Still, that’s a lot. And apparently a lot of those who entered did not even start.
I was there as a volunteer and to scout it out and register for next year. It looked tough to me.
Congrats to all who raced.
May 12th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
Sorry for the misprint - a friend of mine raced an told me there were 1000 DNF’s. Sounded high to me.