Athlete Profile

There's more than meets the eye with this grandmother, as my daughter often says. While I'm a proud mother of three children, with three small grandchildren running around our yard - I do more than knitting hats and sweaters. About 20 years ago, I started running races from 8 miles to marathons, and slowly expanded my repertoire to include cycling so I could compete in duathlons. I wanted to compete in triathlons, so I took swimming lessons to learn how to swim. I've raced all distances, but prefer the Ironman distance. During the past 11 years, I've competed in 10...