Jim MacLaren was a 300 pound football player at Yale. In 1985, he was on his motorcycle heading to an acting class in New York City when he was hit by a New York City bus and thrown 90 feet in the air. He was dead on arrival at the hospital but somehow survived and…
I am standing at the finish of the 1998 Ironman in Kona, Hawaii. Standing next to me is Michael Collins, the son of the Ironman founders, Commander John and Judy Collins. As people filter across the line, one after another is at first ecstatic with their accomplishment and then, in the blink of an eye,…
What is it about this sport that drives people to get up at 4:00 am, drive over to the start by 5:00 am and then put on a headlamp so you can set up your transition area at 5:30 for an event where your wave won’t jump into the water until 8:10 am? It’s funny.…