Preliminary Finish time: 9hr:18min:47sec
One down – with a spot at Kona. Four More races to go.
Happy celebrations! – Party hard tonight and tomorrow. Continue reading Kevin Wins Age Group IM Melbourne
Kevin Fergusson goes from beer-swilling smoker to Ironman star.
The number “Five” has not been kind to Kevin Fergusson.
His mother, Joy, lost her battle with cancer on January 5, 2006, and his father George was 55 when he drowned while fishing for freshwater lobsters 27 years ago.
Fergusson turns 55 tomorrow and he wants to make it a number to remember for all the right reasons.
It’s why he’s racing the Melbourne Ironman, which will be the first of five gruelling Ironman Triathlons he will do for the year. That’s a 3.8km swim, 180km bike ride and 42.2km (marathon) run – five times in nine months. Continue reading Beer-swilling smoker to Ironman star
Caprari Pumps sponsors “Iron 5 for 55″ – $1,555.00
Thank you Mark Kirtland (Mark – I think, is also a 10 times Ironman Finisher, and just completed the Batemans Bay Challenge 70.3 with minimum training, after a bad bike accident. Finishing in a very credible 5hr:30min:21sec,9th place in the 50-54 Age Group). Continue reading NEW Generous – Half Ironman Sponsor
So far Kevin has raised $55,000 towards our $55,000 target! A great start.
“With many thanks to the International Corporate Sponsor “NIMBLEWEAR” for their extremely generous donation to start the ball rolling. In keeping with the theme, an amount of $5,500.00 first up. Go NimbleWear.”
News Bulletin: Wine gone thanks to Emma and Louise.
First Dozen Wine Gone within 1hr 15Min, to the generous Emma Clough (To James – Cats Love Wine). Big Thanks Emma.
Second Dozen Wine gone at 19:45, to the generous Louise Garland. Big Thanks you to Louise. Purchased Times in excess of $100 across Swim, Bike, Run and Final – well done. Continue reading Free Dozen Wine Incentive
Must be Karma, I was asked what my race number was today, so went on the competitor list to find out and keeping with the 5 theme my number is “2105″.
If you have not already got it. Download the “IronMobile” app and follow live on your iPhone. Well worth the 0.99cents.
“A big thank you to all that have donated to iron 5 for 55 so far.”
With the release of an article on iron 5 for 55 in the Advertiser on Saturday, purchasing times for Melbourne will stay open to midnight Saturday. Continue reading Midnight Saturday – Deadline Purchase Melb.