The athletes below competed in the 2007 event.  The race was easier for them than in the past two years as we had great weather all weekend long! The previous two years (2005/2006) it rained starting Thursday night and did not let up till Saturday evening, plus the overnight lows were in the upper 40's. 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 Sergio Cordeiro, 53 ~ Sao Paulo, Brasil 2005 Virginia Double IRON 2005 Monterrey Mexico Quintuple IRON 2005 Levis Canada Double IRON 1998 Odyssey Double IRON Lots More Gina Vandiver, 27 ~ Longview, TX 2006 - Virginia Double IRON 2006 - Ironman Arizona 2005 - Texas Time Trials 24 hr ride (broke the previous female course record by 40 miles) 2005 - Sunmart 50k Trail Run Kathy Roche-Wallace, 46 ~ Marshall, MI 2006 American 10x10 IRON triathlon ~ finished 5 IRONs in 5 days before stopping due to injuries 2005/06 Virginia Triple IRON 2006 Old Dominion 100 Miler 2003/04 Odyssey Triple IRON Garrett Mulrooney, 39 ~ St Paul, MN 2007/06 Rocky Raccoon 100-mile ultramarathon 2007/06/05 Kettle Moraine 100-mile ultramarathon 2006 McNaughton Park 100-mile ultramarathon 2006 Heartland 100-mile ultramarathon 2005 Virginia Triple IRON 2005 24 Hours of 9 Mile mountain bike race solo finisher 2004 Odyssey Double IRON 2003 Ironman USA Lake Placid 2002/2003 Ironman Wisconsin 2001 Ironman Florida Michele Santilhano, 37 ~ Palo Alta, CA via Cape Town, SA To do November - Hawaii Ultraman 2007 Catalina/San Pedro Channel 21 mile swim 2007 - Maui 9.5 Mile Channel Swim (Lanai - Lahaina) 2007 Vineman Ironman followed by the Shasta Century Bike ride following day 2007 Western States 100 Miler 29 hrs/6 total 100 milers 2006 English Channel Swim 19 hrs 2002 Sustina Alaska 100 Mile sled race (pull a sled in 36 hrs) 2001 Ironman South Africa 1997 Eco Challenge Lesotho SA Dave Gaudette, 49 ~ Falls Church, VA 2007 Sebring 24 hour bike race 2006 Virginia Double IRON 20 Ultra's Couple Ironman's Tamás Zsolt, 37 ~ Bonyhad, Hungary Mark McKeon, 32 ~ Dubuque, IA 2006 Ironman Wisconsin 2005 Steelhead Half Iron 2004 Boston Marathon 2002/03/04 Chicago Marathon 2003 Flying Pig Marathon Michael Gartner, 39 ~ Neu-Isenburg, Germany 2003 Monterrey Mexico DECA IRON Triathlon Other assorted Double and Triple IRON Triathlons Arthur Puckrin, 69 ~ Yorkshire, England A few Doubles, Triples and DECA's Robert Abate, 41 ~ West Palm Beach, FL 2006 Virginia Double IRON 2002 Odyssey Double IRON France Triple IRON 2003 Florida Double IRON 1996 DECA Iron Mexico 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 Sam Smith, 32 ~ Welwyn Garden City, Herts, UK Sam's Charity event ~ check it out!! 4 Ironmans Handful of Marathons Peter Lefferts, 51 ~ Naples, FL 2003 Odyssey Double IRON 16 Fifty Mile Trail Runs 10 One Hundred Mile Trail Runs 15 Iron Distance Triathlons 7 Polar Bear Plunges Vincenzo Catalano, 38 ~ 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 Sean Kramer, 24 ~ Perkaskie, PA 2000 - 2004 - multiple shorter races 2005 - Marathon 2006 - Half IM Daniel Jensen, 55 ~ Sioux Falls, ID - Below Knee Amputee 2005 Badwater 135 mile run 2005 Leadville 100 mile Mtn run (completed 40 miles) 1998-2004 Numerous 50k and 40 mile Trail and Road runs 1994-2004 15+ marathons 1992-1999 15+ 1/2 Ironman triathlons 1999 El Tour De Tuscon - 111 mile road bike race) 1999 Badwater (completed 95 miles) 1998 Marathon Des Sables 1997/1999 Hawaiian Ironman 1996 Friedrich Nietzsche Duathlon 155m B/31m R 1994 Vineman Ironman 1994 Leadville 100 mile mtn bike race 1994 Escape from Alcatraz Tri 1993 World's Toughest tri - Lake Tahoe; 2m S/100m B/18.6m R Greyson Daugherty, 20 ~ Nashville, TN Todd Zagurski, 41 ~ Long Beach, CA 2005 Monterrey Mexico Quintuple 2004 Odyssey Double IRON 12 Ironmans 2 - 24 hour cycling marathons 4 - 50K trail runs 100 mile bike race 10 plus Double Centuries - 1 Triple Century 20 plus marathons a few Alcatraz swims Double IRON Debbie Sidol, 44 ~ North Olmsted, OH 2007 Cleveland Marathon 2007 Michigan 24hr Bike Challenge 2005/06 Ironman FL Leslie Holton, 39 ~ Pine, CO 2007 Dirty Kanza 200 (1st ever female finisher) 2007 Fireweed 400 (1st place female, RAAM Qualified) 2007 Minnesota Border to Border (1st place mixed pair) 2004/5/6 Ultraman World Championships Participant Tom Washington, 38 ~ San Diego, CA 2007 Ironman AZ to do 2006 Ironman Coeur d'Alene ID 2005 Ironman Arizona David Kelley, 43 ~ Las Vegas, NV 2005 Lake White Half Ironman 200002 Camp Lejeune Tri 200o Richmond Marathon Numerous 25 mile Army road marches with full military pack Wayne Kurtz, 40 ~ Wexford, PA 2006 24 Hrs of Triathlon, Boulder CO 2005 24 Hr U.S. National Running Championship, San Diego CA 2003/02 Ironman Lake Placid 5 other Ironman's 2001 The Bigfoot Ironman, British Columbia, Canada 2000 Ice Age Trail 50 Mile Run 1995/96/97 Vermont 100 Mile Trail Run 1996 GNC 50 Mile Trail Run 1998 Squaw Peak 50 Mile Trail Run, Squaw Valley, CA 1993/94 Earth Journey Vermont Sun Triathlon (5.5M Swim, 263M Bike, 51M Run) Richard Hume, 25 ~ London, England 2007 Ironman France 2006 London Marathon 2006 Devon Coast to Coast 2005 Grim 08 2005 Ironman UK Tony Reed, 46 ~ Chatham, Ontario, Canada 2007 Ironman Lake Placid 2005 Ironman Wisconsin Tom Clime, 41 ~ Glenwood, MD Meredydd Evans, 36 ~ Boston, MA via Haverfordwest, Wales 2002 DECA IRON Monterrey Mexico 2001 Double IRON Monterrey Mexico 2001 Double IRON Levis Canada 1999 Longest Day Ironman England 1999 Ironman Scotland, Aberfeldy/Loch Tay Kyle Fedler, 42 ~ Ashland, OH Running: 50 Miler's, 100 Miler's Biking: 12-hours, 24-hours Adventure Racing: 1-3 day events Ironmans: On-road and off-road Other painful, silly stuff! William Lane, 46 ~ Philadelphia, PA 2006/7 Ironman Lake Placid Shane Eversfield, 50 ~ Lake Placid, NY 2006 320-mile UltraMan World Championship Triathlon, HI multiple Ironman finishes ultramarathon runs up to 100K 24-hour solo mountain bike race off-road triathlons up to half-iron distance Nordic ski races up to 50K Paul Grimm, ~ Littleton, CO Double IRON Teams Dominique Amyot, 69 ~ Rivière du Loup, Québec, Canada Portions of all 3 2007 to do - 24 hour World Championship Drummondville Run 2007 to do 6K and 7K swim course 28 Marathons; 100K Run; 2005 12 Hour Run 2005 World Champioship Police and Fireman Tri: long swim and Half Marathon 2004 Ironman Montreal 2002 Levis Double IRON Team/Bike Danielle Amyot, 35 ~ Rivière du Loup, Québec, Canada Portions of all 3 2007 Levis Double IRON Team/Run 9 Marathons; 1 Ultra Marathon 300K Bike Ride Tom Allen, ~ England Swim Portion New York marathon Nottingham marathon London triathlon (oly) Windsor triathlon (oly) a few 100 mile cycling events Julian Roberts, ~ England Bike Portion Andrew Collier, 39 ~ London, England Run Portion 2006 Virginia Triple IRON 9 Ironmans 12 Marathons 1 24 hour track race (100.3 miles in 23:11) Francine Amyot, 42 ~ Levis, Québec, Canada Portions of all 3 2006 Virginia IRON 2006 Levis, Canada Double IRON 2005 Levis Canada Double IRON Team Swimmer 2 Ironmans 12 hour bike rides 306k Bike 75k Run Portland Marathon Many long 5 to 10k swims Michel Gagné, 51 ~ Levis, Québec, Canada Portions of all 3 2006 Virginia Double IRON 5 Ironmans 13 Marathons 1 100k Ultramarathon 1 24 hour bike relay Many long swims ( 5 km to 10 km)

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