Tag: endurance athlete biography
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The Double Ironman — Racing Through Heat, Grief, and Grit Huntsville, Alabama — 1989–1992 Some races test your legs.Some test your lungs.And some test the deepest corners of your heart. Huntsville’s Double Ironman — known locally as the “90/90” for its brutal 90-degree heat and 90% humidity — was one of those races. For Ted,…
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The Run That Started Everything Ted didn’t set out to become an endurance athlete. It began almost by accident. He and Vivian were guests at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, visiting their friend Dr. Michael Cherington. After breakfast one morning, Ted and Michael decided to jog around the hotel’s lake — three quarters of…