On Friday, July 17th, world-record holder James Lawrence will continue his quest to complete an Ironman-distance triathlon (swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run 26.2 miles) in EACH of the 50 states over a 50 day period. He’s doing this to raise money and awareness of childhood obesity, a disease that threatens to leave our children as the first generation not to outlive their parents. As of today, he has completed 40 events in a row and Minnesota is #42.
This is a phenomenal attempt and an awesome cause.I hope you can find some time during the day to drop by and cheer him on and offer your support. There is a 5K citizens run/walk that many people are doing that would be a perfect time to show up. Maybe even run it yourself!
Start Location: Lake Waconia Regional Park
Swim start: 7AM at Lifetime Fitness Chanhassen, this is a change
Bike start: 9 – 9:30AM at Lake Waconia Regional Park
Run start 5:30 – 6:30PM
5K run start 7PM
Run finish: 11PM
Here’s a link to his website….his two videos are very much worth watching. http://www.ironcowboy.co/#home
If you are a Facebook user, here’s a link to the Minnesota event. https://www.facebook.com/groups/minnesot…
