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Chithunzi chojambulidwa: Patrick Sullivan waku Fort Dodge apikisana nawo mu mpikisano wothamanga wa vuto lake la Ironman Triathlon Loweruka.

Patrick Sullivan adachita bwino kwambiri kuposa zomwe adalakalaka "Coronaman 140.6" vuto Loweruka.

Omaliza maphunziro a Manson Northwest Webster a 2002 adalemba nthawi yomwe sakanayembekezera munthu aliyense Ironman Triathlon kudera la Fort Dodge. Chofunika kwambiri, ngakhale, Sullivan wazaka 36 adzipeza akukwera pafupi ndi $ 18,000 ya Staff ZERO - bungwe lolimbana kuti amalize khansa yambiri.

Sullivan adakwaniritsa ulendowu m'maola 11, mphindi 22 ndi masekondi 50 posamutsira nthawi, yomwe inali yokwera pafupifupi mphindi 80 kuposa nthawi yomwe anali nayo. Anamaliza kusambira kwake kwa mtunda wa makilomita 2.4 mu ola limodzi ndi mphindi 20, njinga yake yamakilomita 112 maola 5 ndi mphindi 40 kwa 19.8 mamailosi pa ola limodzi, ndipo adakulunga tsikulo pamalo oyimitsira magalimoto ku Fort Dodge Senior Excessive 7 koloko masana ndi kuthamanga kwa ma 26.22 maora 4 ndi mphindi 22 - mphindi 9.58 pa kilomita imodzi.

"Pa mpikisanowu wonse, njira yodziyimira pakatikati pakudziletsa inali yofunikira kuti ndidziwe kuti ndinali mgwilizano wa gawolo," anatero Sullivan, yemwe amagwira ntchito ku Bemrich Electrical ku Fort Dodge. "Malo omaliza omaliza a kusambira anali ovuta kwambiri, chifukwa chazoletsa zoletsa zomwe ndidapeza (koyambirira kuposa mpikisano) pomwe maiwe osambira adatsekedwa.

“Achibale ndi abwenzi omwe akhala akusangalala mbali ya mseu panjinga yakhala yabwino kwambiri. Kukhala ndi mchimwene wanga, Travis, anali ndi mtunda wautali makilomita 30 mkati mwake. Ndi nthawi yoyamba kuti tikwere njinga tonse kuyambira tili ana kupita ku nyumba ya agogo ndi a ku Barnum. ”

Chithunzi chojambulidwa: Malaya ndi mendulo zomwe zidaperekedwa kwa a Patrick Sullivan atamaliza vuto lake la 'Coronaman 140.6' Loweruka adabwera kuno kuchokera kwa amayi ake, Nancy, mphunzitsi / mphunzitsi, Katie Silfies, mosamala.

Sullivan adayamba kupanga mapulani ake pamodzi pambuyo poti nthawi zambiri adaletsa nyengo ya 2020 chifukwa cha mliri wapadziko lonse wa COVID-19. Kenako adaganiza zokweza ndalama pagulu lofananalo lomwe adathandizira paukadaulo wake wa Ironman Wisconsin ku 2017.

Cholinga chenicheni cha Sullivan - chomwe amaganiza kuti sichikupezeka pachiyambi - chinali kusonkhanitsa $ 10,000 pazomwe zimayambitsa khansa kwambiri. Kuyambira Lolemba, awonjezera kuchulukitsa kuchuluka kwake.

"Gulu lomwe lidandilandiranso kuchokera panjinga kuyambiranso kuthamanga linali labwino kwambiri," Sullivan adatchulidwa. “Chingwe chomaliza chinali changwiro. Amuna, mabanja komanso aliyense akuthandizira… zonse zomwe ndimatha kuchita ndikumwetulira.

"Aliyense mgululi sanakhulupirire (atasonkhana kumbuyo kwanga) ndi Staff ZERO. Ndine woyamikira kwambiri. ”

Pamodzi ndi unyinji wa anthu omwe athandiza Sullivan kumapeto mpaka pafupi ndi njira yabwino kwambiri, Rick Xu wothamanga wamkulu wa dziko la St.

Chithunzi chojambulidwa: Patrick Sullivan waku Fort Dodge ndi mkazi wake, Jennifer.

"Anathamanga nawo mpikisano wonsewo," Sullivan adatchulidwa. "Adandipanga kukhala wothamanga kwambiri Loweruka."

Sullivan adathokoza mphunzitsi wake, Katie Silfies wochokera ku Pace Sherpa Nation - "Adandipangira dongosolo labwino lotsogolera limodzi - ndi mkazi wake, Jennifer,"kuti andisonkhanitse paliponse pa njinga ndikuyendetsa malo aliwonse othandizira omwe akuthamanga, kuwonetsetsa kuti akonzekera zomwe ndimafuna madzi. ”

Vuto lotsatira la Sullivan liyenera kulingaliridwa.

"Ndikufuna ndikafike kumalo olimbitsira thupi kuti ndikhale ndi nyonga."

Pakadali pano, cholinga chachikulu ndikupeza bwino.

"Ndinagona tsiku lonse (Lamlungu)," Sullivan. "Ndinganene kuti ndikuyenda - komabe masitepe akhala ovuta."