Aussie Ironfriends. Can you pick the three age grouper world champions?
"A brand so strong, people tatoo it on their bodies." - Ben Fertic
The Kona Sun is strong--check out this bike-inspired tan line.
Pictured here, above, racing in this year's race, this is Charlie Plaskon, the 64 year old Grandfather, who has been blind since birth, Scott Rigsby, who is trying for a world record as the first person to do the Ironman as a double amputee, and Matt Miller, who will act as Charlie's eyes, racing alongside him for the entire day.
Lavalove... Should there be an Ironman dating agency? Forget the finishers t-shirts, what about just having a mixer? This is the top age grouper from last year, Max Longrée (racing pro this year) and his girlfriend.
Tatiana Vertiz is one of the youngest athletes in this year's Ironman, and you can also find the 19-year-old super-fast college sophomore from Texas camped out at Lava Java. Her Lava Java drink of choice? A chocolate milkshake.
Photo: Linsay Corbin
Hit by a car and thrown through the windshield just five weeks before Kona '06, an accident that shattered her collarbone and ripped the skin on her arm--Linsay Corbin still raced.
She placed 23rd, with an admittedly a painful and "slow" (1:07) swim. This year she's back, and has an eye on the prize. She won the Baja Half, and she's ready for Kona.
Normann training on the Queen K.
Photo courtesy 3athlon.
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