Teamwork

Remember my neighbor Dean? The one who won the Kona Inspired contest thanks to your votes? Well, the Kona Ironman race was held last weekend and Dean was there! Despite his recent brain cancer surgery, he was there...ready to race! He completed the swim (2.4 miles) and here he is at Mile 106 (of 112) on the bike.



They have cutoff times for each portion of the race, and if you don't meet them you get pulled off the course. Dean got pulled off at Mile 107 of the bike. He was only 5 miles short! He didn't get to complete the run portion (a marathon...26.2 miles), but I think he is amazing! He still did the full swim and 96% of the bike of the most elite IRONMAN course. This was only 4 months after having brain surgery, and while living with brain cancer. Talk about inspiration.

Since Dean could not do the run portion of the race, the next day his family members each took a portion of the 26.2 miles and ran it for him. I love this!



I love the spirit of teamwork that the entire Bullock family has shown through this experience. Thank you Team IronDean for your awesome example of pulling together and showing us that "anything is possible".