She'll be 51 on Friday

This is what my mother did today at IronMan Lake Placid:

A 2.4-mile swim in 1 hour, 26 minutes, 5 seconds.

A 112-mile bike in 6 hours, 45 minutes, 25 seconds.

A full marathon (26.2 miles) in 5 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds.

Including her transitions, that's a total IronMan time of 13 hours, 36 minutes, 32 seconds.

She finished 14 out of 43 in her age group.

It rained almost the entire time. Except during part of the bike, when she said it started hailing.

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posted Sunday, July 20, 2008

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