Jesse Thomas has won the legendary Wildflower Half Distance race an amazing six times. He is also a business owner -Picky Bars- and a father of two. As his career winds down, his goals this year were to go to races he has always wanted to do and one of those was Challenge Roth. He wanted to under eight hours, run sub 2:45 and finish on the podium. He had the ultimate hat trick and did all three! He is not racing in Kona, but stopping by to chat about the Ironman, his love of our sport, and balancing work and racing.
Heather Jackson is as a former hockey player who has been consistently in the top five in Kona. What will it take for her to become the first American born woman since Karen Smyers in 1995 to win this race?
On the 40th anniversary of Ironman, what better way to kick off the week than with a conversation with the first ever champion from back in 1978, Gordon Haller, who is racing this year and with Dave Orlowski, who took third in that first ever Ironman while wearing an awesome pair of jean shorts t...
Emma Pallant is a former ITU athlete and with five podiums and three wins in 30 races, she brings raw speed to the table. Plus she is a two-time Duathlon World Champion. She was second at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Chattanooga in 2017 and third at Ironman Austria this year where she l...
