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On Sunday August 28th I raced Ironman Canada.  IMC is one of 20 events around the world where you can qualify for the Hawaiian Ironman.  My time was 10:43:21 and after racing all day I found myself winning a sprint finish and qualifying to race Hawaii by a mere 6 seconds.  My age group (men 40-44) had the most participants (327 started) so we got the most slots for Hawaii (12).  At the end of the day I finished 18th out of 290 in my age group.  God blessed me as the 12th  Hawaii slot dropped all the way down to me.  Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.  I was very lucky on this day. 

I had the pleasure of talking triathlon recently with Tri Club member Al Tarkington.  Al qualified for the Hawaiian Ironman by winning the 65-69 age group with his 13:49:06 performance at Ironman South Africa on March 20, 2005.

I had the chance to talk Ironman recently with Dennis Villavicencio, a new Tri Club member who qualified for Ironman Hawaii with his 9:59:33 performance at Ironman USA which placed him 5th out of 366 men in the 35-39 age group.  Please join me as I get better acquainted with this unique guy.

I had the chance recently to talk Ironman and triathlon with Bob Baranek.  Bob qualified for the Hawaiian Ironman with a 9:49:06 placing him 4th in the men’s 40-44 age group at Ironman Coeur d’Alene on June 26.

I had the chance to talk triathlon recently with.  Jim raced Ironman Canada back in 2001 and has been the President of the Triathlon Club of San Diego since 2000.

I recently talked triathlon and Ironman with Carla Mason.  Carla teaches 7th and 8th grade Mathematics at San Elijo School in San Marcos and she is aTri Club member who recently qualified for Ironman Hawaii with her 12:14:07 performance at Ironman Arizona.