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Riley Connolly's fight
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| Left - Finton and Riley as we arrived at the pool. Right - The blur with green shorts is Finton taking off into the water to start his swim. |
| Left - Finton finishes his swim and heads towards the bike transition. Right - He's ready to ride! |
| Riley is on the very left of this picture. He is finishing his swim portion of the race. |
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| Left - Riley finished his swim and is now in the bike transition getting ready for the bike ride. Right - And he's off! |
| Left - Riley on his second lap of the bike portion. Right - Riley is sprinting to the finish line! |
| The Triathletes at the Finish Line! |
| The cheering Squad! Left- Clockwise starting with Finton, Riley, then cousins Kiara, Taylor and Jordan. Right - me (black hat), Aunt Kerri, Tata (red hat), Nanny, Aunt Jenny, Sean and behind Sean is Uncle Ralph. |
IRONMAN Photos, April 13,2008
What an amazing adventure! A memory I will cherish forever, but wish to never re-live. It was the 2nd toughest
physical challenge of my life, only behind hiking the Grand Canyon from rim to rim. My goal was to cross that finish
line before the cut off time and that is exactly what I did!!! With only 11 minutes to spare. I finished in 16 hours, 49
minutes. I took my time and did what I needed to do to get through this grueling day. I was smiling from beginning to
end and I am so proud to be able to add completing an Ironman to my treasure chest of life. Sean was with me the
entire day and was such an amazing support, it kept me motivated knowing I would see him out on the course a lot.
Other than sheer soreness and fatigue (and sunburn), I had no issues what so ever. My wet suit was awesome, my
bike was perfect, no mechanical issues or flat tires and the run was just one long, mental game of mind over matter.
Thank you Cindy for watching the boys and bringing them to the finish line for me! And thank you to everyone who
called all day long to see how I was doing. I FINISHED!!!!!!!!
Our fund raisers are doing very well, I will announce the dollar amount raised at the end of April.
physical challenge of my life, only behind hiking the Grand Canyon from rim to rim. My goal was to cross that finish
line before the cut off time and that is exactly what I did!!! With only 11 minutes to spare. I finished in 16 hours, 49
minutes. I took my time and did what I needed to do to get through this grueling day. I was smiling from beginning to
end and I am so proud to be able to add completing an Ironman to my treasure chest of life. Sean was with me the
entire day and was such an amazing support, it kept me motivated knowing I would see him out on the course a lot.
Other than sheer soreness and fatigue (and sunburn), I had no issues what so ever. My wet suit was awesome, my
bike was perfect, no mechanical issues or flat tires and the run was just one long, mental game of mind over matter.
Thank you Cindy for watching the boys and bringing them to the finish line for me! And thank you to everyone who
called all day long to see how I was doing. I FINISHED!!!!!!!!
Our fund raisers are doing very well, I will announce the dollar amount raised at the end of April.
Getting my bike ready
Ready for the water
My support team
| I was freezing once they took my wetsuit off. |
Starting the 112 mile bike
Starting the marathon
Yummm...cookies
| I was on mile 13 when the boys met me at an aid station |
The finish line with the family
| Go TEAM-HISTIO |
IRONKIDS, November 18, 2007