SJ.com's own Ironman

Tomorrow one of our own, ServeItUp, will be competing in the Coeur d'Alene Ironman.

The course is a 2.4-mile open water swim, a 112-mile bike ride followed by a full marathon, a 26.2-mile run.

Needless to say, he's been in training for months. To keep from outing ServeItUp I won't divulge his bib number, but I will post updates from the live coverage website.

Who wants to be the first to buy him a post-race Guinness?

 

I think he's certifiably insane, as are all who compete in Ironmans, but I'll buy the Guinness.

Good luck, Serve!

 

Best of luck to Serve, doing something I could never dream of doing - not even before I got fat (OK, fatter).

 

I think Serve It Up should get free SportsJournalists.com subscriber service for life.

Mighty impressive.

 

I thought for sure this would be about Sportschick.

 

Why? When I have done anything remotely athletic?

 

You were a softball catcher ... before your knee went all Shea Ralph on you.

 

Hey Serve, just pretend your old EE is chasing your booty and you'll win by a mile!

 

I mean recently, duh!

 

SportsJournalists.com own Ironman? C'mon!!!!

 

Serve and I have broken bread, swapped emails in the past and talked tri.

In the spirit of not outing him, I'll just say he did admirably in the swim portion of the event and is well into the bike ride with only about 6-7 hours worth of riding and running left before he collapses onto a massage table.

My training buddie is doing this race, too, and was No. 641 out of the water.

 

I have a lot of respect for anybody who would even try an Ironman. I've run a bunch of marathons, but I can't imagine swimming that far and cycling that far and then ... running a marathon.