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Kiʻi i hoʻouna ʻia: hoʻokūkū ʻo Patrick Sullivan o Fort Dodge ma waena o ka māhele marathon o kāna pilikia ʻo Ironman Triathlon i ka Pōʻaono.

Ua lanakila ʻo Patrick Sullivan ma mua o kāna mau makemake nahelehele a puni kāna "Coronaman 140.6" pilikia ma ka Pōʻaono.

Ua hoʻopaʻa ka puka puka ʻo Manson Northwest Webster ma ka makahiki 2002 i kahi manawa āna i manaʻo ʻole ai ma loko o kāna kanaka ponoʻī ʻo Ironman Triathlon ma o ka wahi o Fort Dodge. ʻOi aku ka mea nui, ʻoiai, e ʻike ana ka Sullivan he 36 mau makahiki iā ʻoe iho e hoʻokiʻekiʻe aʻe nei ma kahi o $ 18,000 no Staff ZERO - kahi hui e hakakā ana e hoʻopau i ka hapa nui o nā maʻi ʻohe.

Ua hoʻokō ʻo Sullivan i kāna huakaʻi i 11 mau hola, 22 mau minuke a me 50 mau kekona o ka hoʻolilo manawa, ʻo ia hoʻi ma kahi o 80 mau minuke ke kiʻekiʻe ma mua o kāna kaha haʻahaʻa ma mua. Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna ʻauʻau mile he 2.4 mile i hoʻokahi hola a me 20 mau minuke, kāna paikikala he 112 mile i 5 mau hola a me 40 mau minuke no kahi mile he 19.8 i kēlā me kēia hola, a hoʻopili ʻia i ka lā ma ka pā hale kaʻa ʻo Fort Dodge Senior Excessive ma mua o 7 pm me ka holo he 26.22 mile i 4 mau hola a me 22 mau minuke - he 9.58 minuke no kēlā me kēia mile.

"Ma loko o ka heihei, pono ka pae waena o kēlā me kēia hoʻopaʻi iā ʻoe iho e ʻike wale ai ma ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa o kēlā ʻāpana," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Sullivan, ka mea hana ma Bemrich Electrical ma Fort Dodge. "ʻO ka iwilei hope loa o ka ʻauʻau he paʻakikī loa, ma muli o ke kaohi aʻo ʻana i loaʻa iaʻu (ma mua o ka heihei) ke pani ʻia nā loko ʻauʻau.

"ʻO ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha e ʻoliʻoli ana ma ke alo o ke alanui i ka holo o ka paikikala, ʻoi loa. ʻO koʻu kaikunāne, ʻo Travis, ʻike i nā puʻu 30 mau mile ma waena o ke kikowaena maikaʻi. ʻO kēia ka manawa mua e holo pahi mākou i nā keke mai ko mākou wā kamaliʻi e kalaiwa ana i ka home o ke kupuna wahine a me ka pa ma Barnum. "

Waiho ʻia kiʻi: ʻO ka pālule a me ka mekala i hāʻawi ʻia iā Patrick Sullivan ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kāna pilikia 'Coronaman 140.6' i ka Pōʻaono i hele mai ma ʻaneʻi mai kona makuahine, ʻo Nancy, a me ke kumu aʻo / kumu aʻo, ʻo Katie Silfies.

Hoʻomaka ʻo Sullivan e hōʻiliʻili i kāna hoʻolālā ma hope o ka pau ʻana o nā manawa he nui i ka manawa no ka manawa 2020 ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 honua. A laila hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hāpai kālā no kahi hui like āna i kākoʻo ai ma loko o kāna ʻike Ironman Wisconsin ma 2017.

ʻO kā Sullivan pahuhopu pono - ka mea āna i manaʻo ai ʻaʻole hiki ke kiʻi ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana - e ʻohiʻohi $ 10,000 no ka nui o nā maʻi ʻaʻai. I ka Pōʻakahi, ua pāpālua ʻo ia i kēlā nui.

"ʻO ka hui ma koʻu home i hoʻokipa hou iaʻu mai ka uila e hoʻomaka i ka holo he maikaʻi loa," Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sullivan. "ʻO ka laina hopena ka mea kūpono. ʻO nā ʻohana, nā ʻohana a me nā mea āpau e kākoʻo ana ... ʻo kaʻu ʻakaʻaka wale nō kaʻu e hana ai.

"ʻO nā mea āpau o ka hui i kūʻiʻo ʻole i (rallying ma hope) iaʻu a me Staff ZERO. Mahalo nui wau. ”

Me ka lehulehu o ka poʻe i kōkua iā Sullivan i ka laina hope me ke ala ʻoi loa, ua holo ʻo St. Edmond ka mea holo keʻa kea nui Rick Xu iā Sullivan no ka wā lōʻihi.

Waiho ʻia i kiʻi: Patrick Sullivan o Fort Dodge a me kāna wahine, ʻo Jennifer.

"Ua holo pū ʻo ia me aʻu i ka marathon holoʻokoʻa," Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sullivan. "Ua hoʻolilo ʻo ia iaʻu i mea holo nui i ka Pōʻaono."

Ua hoʻomaikaʻi aku ʻo Sullivan i kāna kaʻi a me kāna kaʻi, ʻo Katie Silfies mai Pace Sherpa Nation - "Ua kau ʻo ia i kahi hoʻolālā aʻo maikaʻi loa naʻu - a me kāna wahine, ʻo Jennifer,"no ka ʻākoakoa ʻana iaʻu i kēlā me kēia wahi ma ka paikikala a me ke kalaiwa ʻana i nā wahi kōkua i ka holo ʻana, me ka hōʻoia ua hoʻomākaukau lākou i ka mea aʻu e makemake ai no nā wai.

ʻO kā Sullivan pilikia ma hope e hoʻoholo ʻia.

"E paʻi wale wau i ke kikowaena hoʻoikaika kino no kēia manawa a loaʻa hou kahi ikaika o ke kino."

I kēia manawa, ʻo ka noʻonoʻo nui ka hoʻōla.

"Ua kau wau i ka lā holoʻokoʻa (Lāpule)," Sullivan. "Hiki paha iaʻu ke hele wāwae - akā ua pilikia nui nā alapiʻi."