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Richard Alamo, Conquering Demons on the Race Course
One man’s sobering journey through IRONMAN. by Lisa Dobear When 38-year-old Richard Alamo talks about going into “survival mode,” he isn’t referring to the grueling 140.6 miles it takes to get to an IRONMAN finish line. For the four-time IRONMAN finisher, survival mode used to be a 30-pack of beer and a couch. “Before IRONMAN…
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Eric Byrnes played 11 years of Major League Baseball for Oakland, Arizona, and Seattle. His transition to triathlon wasn’t seamless – Eric couldn’t swim 25 yards when he first started in the sport and did his first tri on a beach cruiser. But Byrnes, now an MLB Network analyst, persisted and finished IRONMAN Arizona in 2011…
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Thad Beaty, guitarist for the country band Sugarland, competed in the IRONMAN World Championship and fundraised through IMF for “Musicares,” a nonprofit helping music industry professionals in tough times.
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