The athletes below will be competing in this years event.  Good luck to all! Triple IRON Beat Knechtle, 41 ~ St Gallen, Switzerland Beat's resume is too long to show in this format but click here to view a pdf document:      Beat's Resume John Pepke, 40 ~ Depew, NY 2004 Odyssey Double IRON 1 - 50 Mile Run 9 Ironmans 14 marathons 3 Buffalo Philharmonic Distance Classics Runs Peter Lefferts, 50 ~ Naples, FL 2003 Odyssey Double IRON 16 Fifty Mile Trail Runs 9 One Hundred Mile Trail Runs 14 Iron Distance Triathlons 6 Polar Bear Plunges Andy Collier, 38 ~ London, UK 9 Ironmans 12 Marathons 1 24 hour track race (100.3 miles in 23:11) Arthur Puckrin, 68 ~ Yorkshire, England A few Doubles, Triples and DECA's Rob Hruskovich, 38 ~ Niles, MI 2002 Odyssey Double IRON 24:05 PR 11 Ironman's - 9:34 PR, 3 Hawaii Ironman Quals 30+ Marathons 2:39 PR 3 50K Runs 12 50 Mile Runs 6:55 PR 2 100 Mile Runs 19:17 PR Bob Reilly, 35 ~ Morganville, NJ 2001 Odyssey 24 Hour Adv Race 2003 Ironman Lake Placid 2003 Balance Bar 24 Hr Adv Race 2004 Odyssey Off Road IRON Tri 2005 G.O.A.L.S. 24 Hr Adv Race (10th pl 2 Pers) 2005 Lionheart 24 Hr Adv Race (3rd pl Overall 2005 Moab 24 Hr Mtn Bike Race 2006 18 Hrs of Fruita, CO (2nd 2 pers co-ed) Vicenzo Catalano, 37 ~ Desenzano del Garda, Italy 2006 ~ Break the world record with 40 Ironman's completed in a year 2004 ~ Set the world record for most triathlons done in a year, completed 31 Ironman's alongside Giacomo Maritati and Jaques Fox 35 Ironman's completed 12 Double IRON Triathlons completed 5 Triple IRON Triathlons completed 1 Quintuple IRON Triathlon completed 2 DECA IRON Triathlons Triathlons completed 54 Marathons completed Kathy Roche-Wallace, 45 ~ Marshall, MI 2006 American 10x10 IRON triathlon ~ finished 5 IRONs in 5 days before quitting due to injuries 2005 Virginia Triple IRON 2004 Odyssey Triple IRON 2003 Odyssey Triple IRON Double IRON Steve Bozeman, 60 ~ Lynchburg, VA 14 Double IRON Triathlons Numerous 50K trail runs Numerous Ironmans Numerous other distance races Robert Abate, 40 ~ West Palm Beach, FL 2002 Odyssey Double IRON France Triple IRON 2003 Florida Double IRON 22 Ironman's A few 50 mile and 100 mile trail runs A bunch of marathons 1991/1992 Swim around Key West FL, 12.5 mile - part of his honeymoon John Schweir, 40 ~ Newington, CT 2005 Lake Placid Ironman 2004 Great Floridian Ironman 2003 Florida Ironman one 50 miler Andy Weinberg, 35 ~ Pekin, IL 2006 Vermont 100 Mile 2005 Virginia Double IRON 5 - 100 Mile Trail Run Finishes (21:50 PR) 34 - Ultra Marathon Trail Run Finishes Suzy Degazon 42 ~ Boqueron, Puerto Rico 2006 Austria Triple IRON 2002 Odyssey Double IRON 8 times Hawaii Ultraman finisher (record # of finishes) Gina Vandiver, 26 ~ Longview, TX 2005 - Texas Time Trials 24 hr ride (broke the previous female course record by 40 miles) 2005 - Sunmart 50k Trail Run 2006 - Ironman Arizona Susan Boardman, 52 ~ Jacksonville, FL 2003 Odyssey IRON Triathlon Matt Aro ~ Superior ,WI 3x Ironman Wisconsin 1x Ironman Coeur D'Alene 1x Ironman Lake Placid (July 06) 3 Half Ironmans 2 time winner of 24 Hours of Telemark nordic ski race 1 time winner 12 Hours of Telemark nordic ski race Brian Caswell, 37 ~ Swindon, UK 2006 Ironman Lanzarote Paul McCombe, 32 ~ Swindon, UK 2006 Ironman Lanzarote 2006 Ironman UK Frank Kenny, 51 ~ San Diego, CA 1996/95/94/93/92 Huntsville Double IRON 1990 Ultraman Hawaii 1994 Ultraman Canada 1994/95 Triple IRON (France) DNF 1987/88/89 World's Toughest Triathlon (2 mi. swim, 100 bike, 18.6 mi run) 1989/90/92/93 Vineman Ironman 1988/1989 Ironman Canada 12 50+ mile runs, 100+ marathons, 25+ double century's + After 10 years and a total hip replacement in 2004 I'm coming "out of retirement" for one more race. The Double Iron is very special to me. It's a place where I made friends from all across the globe and came to a fuller understanding that regardless of where we live, what language we speak, or what God we praise we're all just people. Phil Rosenstein, 36 ~ Brown Deer, WI 2004 - Ironman Florida 2005 - Vermont 100 2005 - Heartlands 100 2005 - Across the Years 48 hour race 2006 - Rocky Raccoon 100 2006 - McNaughton 100 2006 - Massanutten Mountain 100 2006 - Vermont 100 9/06 - Ironman Wisconsin To Do 11/06 - Ironman Florida 12/06 - Across the Years 48 hour race Ben Pennington, 21 ~ Jackson, TN 2005 Marathon Des Sables 2004 Ironman Florida Peter Mount, 37 ~ Ruther Glen, VA 2006 Ironman Lake Placid 2003/2004 Blue Devil Irno Distance 2003 50K HAT Run 7 Marathons Pete Santamarina, 37 ~ Fort Lauderdale, FL 2 Ironmans 50 Mile Benefit Run 10 Marathons Karl Keltner, 45 ~ Liberty, MO Karl also has a long resume but click here to view a pdf document:      Karl's Resume John Zavez, 47 ~ Winchester, MA 2 Ironmans 20 Marathons Michel Gagné, 50 ~ Levis, Canada 5 Ironmans 13 Marathons 1 100k Ultramarathon 1 24 hour bike relay Many long swims ( 5 km to 10 km)

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