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Ironman Jason

I snapped this picture from my computer as I watched my friend Jason (@ironman_jason) cross the finish line at Ironman Arizona last night.  

I had been tracking him online, monitoring his split times, from the Ironman.com web site all day, and I was lucky enought to tune in and here the announcer say “Jason Maddox, you are an IRONMAN!”  Isn’t technology great?

Jason and I started our Ironman training program at the same time earlier this year.  It was actually Jason who recommended that I read Don’ Fink’s book, Be Iron Fit.  I eventually hired Don as my triathlon coach.  Jason used the program from Don’s book to create his entire training program.  

And while my training program left the track a few months ago, Jason’s culminated last night with a 11:52:53 finish.  He finished in the top 25% of the over 2,700 competitors in the event, including passing 281 people on the bike leg.  Awesome!

Talk about inspiring!  Jason worked his butt off for about 30 weeks to get ready for the race.  When we both started, we were doing the same workouts (we started with 30 min runs), by the end of it, he was peeling off 125 mile bike rides followed by an hour run.  

I often think about Ironman by the distances.  It’s not often I think about the time.  12-17 hours of propelling your own body.  Start just after dawn and finish in the dark.  That is what really put it in perspective for me, watching the finishers come across the line in the dark.  I hadn’t thought about it being “an entire day”.  Damn.

And me with less than 50 weeks to get ready to do the same thing.  Doh!

Congrats Jason!

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