Posted on 10/30/2025 11:57:27 AM PDT by srmanuel
Think of swimming 2.4 miles in the ocean, afterwards riding a bike 112 miles and then running a 26.2-mile marathon, in a single day under 17-hours or be disqualified. I could not complete one of those events, much less all 3 in a single day.
Then I read about this 80-year-old Grandmother who became the oldest woman to complete the Ironman Triathlon in Kona, Hawaii.
Remarkably, this 80-year-old woman didn't learn to swim until she was 59 years old.
Here is a video of her finishing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTNb1VVnPKM
Here's another article on her training routine leading up to the Ironman.
https://www.self.com/story/oldest-woman-ironman-world-championship
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Completed a 1/2 Ironman when I was 60. Believe me, that was quite enough of THAT!
Learning to swim at 59, then completing the Ironman Triathlon at 80 is pretty remarkable.
I remember Ironman.
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