Personal, but not Valk related

[OLDFRT]

Roxie and I spent a very long day in Muncie, IN. My elder son, Matthew, completed his FIRST IRONMAN TRIATHLON at the age of 50 yrs, 8 months, 17 days!!!!!  His time was 14:17:33. For those unfamiliar with this event, It comprises a 2.4 mile swim; a 112 mile Bicycle Race, and a full (26.2 mile) Marathon. We are Both very proud of him.

[larue]

That's is quite the achievement , you sure should be proud. Congratulations 

[Jess from VA]

Wow.   

I could do that, but my time would be a month and a half.      

[_Sheffjs_]

That is awesome Don.   

[pocket aces]

Wow amazing feat for any age especially at age 50.

[Steel cowboy]

That is quite an achievement, congratulations to your son. Is he going to try to repeat it or was it a bucket list scratch off.

[TJ]

      

[Pappy!]

He is "Da' Man!"

[Jims99]

Congrats to you all. That's awesome. I definitely couldn't have done that at that age, glad y'all had a good time. 

[OLDFRT]

Thanks for all the replies and kudos. I am very proud of him. I could do it in about 3 months. I would take at least a month to do the swim, about a 10th of a mile a day. The bike ride would take about a month, 5 miles at a time, and I would walk the whole marathon about 2.5 miles each day, 6 days a week. Eddie, at this point we are not sure if there will be another one. I think he would like to try again.

[Flrider]

Holy cow... that is some achievement, my respect to your son Don

[Farside]

  Wow, a very good time, Congratulation to him. I have some friends that still compete at 60 yrs now. I'd drown for sure so can't do that event. 

[flsix]

Truly impressive. Congrats to him.

[MotoRod]

Wow just wow

[Dagwood]

Congrats, what an achievement