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strong. I could feel that pit in my

stomach that I get every race day.

Today would be different, I told

myself, today I will finish! But,

deep inside I couldnt quite shake the self-doubt that comes with two

DNFs.

The swim start was a wade

into low tide. It was less of a wade

and more of a walk. I ended up

walking in shallow water a good

IF AT FIRST YOU DONT SUCCEED By Michael Ervolina and Tyler Pipher

Cozumel was supposed to be

my makeup race for a heartbreak-

ing DNF at Ironman Florida

2010. I brought my whole family

into Mexico to watch me triumph.

But that was before the currents

on the swim brought my day to

an early end.

Im never doing an Iron-man again! Those were the first words that went through my mind

as I climbed on the jetski. By the

time I got back to the swim start

and saw hundreds of other ath-

letes also pulled because we did-

nt make the swim cutoff, I knew I needed a do over.

I figured I would have to

grab a spot in a late in the year

race that didnt sell out. I would be waiting almost another year to

finish my goal. That wasnt good enough. I found the Bone Island Tri via

Trifind.com and signed up right away.

Hey, its Key West and it was more of a point-to-point swim, so the currents

wouldnt be as big an issue as it was in Cozumel.

Standing on the beach on race

morning we were greeted by the sunrise

and a flyover by a flock of pelicans. The

water was rough and the winds were

bit. I was thankful for the gift of low

tide; to me it was the universe saying it

was really sorry about that whole Co-

zumel current thing. I set a PR on the

swim and finished it well under the swim

cutoff; a sure sign today would be differ-

ent, I just had no idea how different.

For anyone that has driven to Key

West, you know how beautiful the view

is from US 1. I had plenty of time to ap-

preciate that view as we biked 26 miles

into a 15-20 MPH headwind. The best

thing about a headwind on your way out

is the tailwind on the way back in! It

was the ultimate Yin and Yang ride, the

slow struggle into the wind followed by

the almost effortless speed on the way

back.

Then I started the run and the

memories of IMFL came back. Two

years ago, on mile 18, my Ironman

dream began to unravel. This time mile

18 hung over me like the Sword of Da-

mocles. Each mile either brought me

closer to triumph or an epic flameout. In

spite of all the buildup, mile 18 passed

without much fanfare.

My running was slow and steady,

with a lot more slow than steady. Most

of the other runners had long passed me

and I was in an all too familiar place,

alone on the run course. As I came into

one of the aid stations, they asked Are you number 44? I told them yes and I followed that with I am the last one out here, arent I? They told me that I was-

ntthey lied. Checking my watch, I still

had plenty of time when I saw the

blue lights of a motorcycle cop.

Hey, are you still running? Are you planning to finish? I wanted to reply You bet your ass I am!, but I thought against it and just

said Yes, officer, I am going to finish.

After passing mile 22, I met a

nice couple that offered to run me

in. I gladly accepted, it was nice to

have people to talk to and I felt a

little less lonely. I was glad that

they came by because the last few

miles of the run were confusing at

best, and I could imagine myself

getting lost with all the twists and

turns.

Two policemen on motorcy-

cles gave us a guided tour of the

course for those last few miles. I

think it may be the first and last

time I get a police escort any-

where. I was asked by my running

mates So what is the first thing you want to do after crossing the

finish line? I replied almost in-stantly, See my wife and kids. It was just about that time we

rounded a corner and there they

were. They all started running

with me for a bit as a show of sup-

port. My son and daughter de-

cided to stay with me and ran the

last mile and what a mile it was!

I will let my son take over from here:

After the second ironman in Co-

zumel was a total bust, I told my father

that sometimes things like this take three

tries to get right. I was sipping cervezas

by the shore wondering how anyone

could handle those currents when I spot-

ted him approaching me. I knew what

happened, and we shared a genuine

laugh. Later on that night, it was no sur-

prise to me when he told the family he

had signed up for the next race. I knew

he hadn't quit. The surprise struck me

when he said it would be in Key West. I

nearly flipped out of my seat with excite-

ment!

On the corner of Whitehead is

where we took action, so to speak. I re-

member the family and I cheering on

runners, unsure if they even passed that

way. I even joked at one point, "what if

we're directing the runners in the wrong

direction?" It wasn't until an officer ap-

proached us that we realized we had ac-

tually helped greatly! He had seen us rip

into a motorcyclist who nearly crashed

into a runner, and watched my mom hold

up a fire truck as more runners passed.

He wasn't angry though, and in fact he

said we were awesome.

Then he proceeded in telling us

the last runner was 18 miles out, and that

had been after about four hours of cheer-

ing and jeering. Immediately we headed

for the finish line, not really sure where

else to look for him. We ended up

in a rather unpleasant area of Key

West, if you can believe that, and

grew even more confused. The

street looked deserted, but there

were still people around. So we

waited on the corner. We all felt

bad just plopping down on the

sidewalk, considering all the run-

ners who had passed that same

area after enduring almost 140

miles of racing.

Almost simultaneously, we

saw a group of three people es-

corted by the police approaching.

"Oh my god, is that him?"

"No, mom. I'm still pretty

sure this is the wrong spot."

"I think it's him!"

"Relax, woman. It's not

him yet- OH MY GOD IT'S HIM!"

It looked like the president

had turned the corner; flashing

lights from every side of Mike

blinded us. Not to mention my

mom's screams deafening me, but

we all took off after him before

that happened. He surprisingly

looked good for just running an en-

tire marathon. I have to get on that

guy's nutrition scheme! As we ran,

I found out the couple that had

been running with him, Clay and

Lacy, were new to the sport as well

and were there specifically for

moral support. We need more peo-

ple like them.

The next two miles were miracu-

lous, and as I reflect to that moment, the

memories feel lucid and dream-like. The

best way to describe it would be the op-

posite of chaos. Similar to singing

"Imagine" by John Lennon on time

square with all of New York City locking

hands and waving lighters. All of Duval

Street, from Sloppy Joe's to Pegasus In-

ternational, had stopped to cheer my fa-

ther on. Connecting hands and whistling

lips sent us onward, and I couldn't help

but laugh uncontrollably. I'm sure I

looked like a moron, but it was total sub-

lime.

We finally got to Whitehead and

I was exhausted, but I remember seeing

the same cop from earlier. He looked

confused as he held up traffic, wondering

how i ended up in the marathon Im sure. I managed to raise an arm but couldn't

wave to him, I was that exhausted. I real-

ized all I had in me was pizza and beer,

and I was forced to quit. But not my dad,

he was going to finish and he would not

be the last either. As he rounded the final

corner, never have I EVER seen him

sprint the way he did through that finish

line.

It was a bad ass moment, and

anyone who can do what he did is a sol-

dier in my opinion. They fight the battle

within with no sense of competition to

one another, but rather support the person

next to them. No man is left be-

hind, except when you're my dad

whos never been last in any-

thing. It was never about finish-

ing on time, or who was the first

person to cross the end. In the eyes

of my family, we were more than

willing to hurt ourselves just to see

him finish. Three times a charm,

but so was Bone Island.

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I signed up for the event in hopes that I

could start out the year with a bang and

complete my first full iron distance

event. I had gradually been increasing

my distance in all three disciplines and

being compliant with my training plan

until early in December. Right be-

fore Christmas i had my first experience

of IT band pain in my right leg (it sucks

getting old). Over the holidays i tried to

exercise when i could, but be-

tween travel and the IT band pain i was

in full taper mode (which only added to

the anxiety level).

Even though i couldn't run more than 2

miles without pain on Jan 7th and against

medical advice, i decided to try and

race. I rationalized that i could always

walk the marathon if i had to.

Saturday was race day and the wind was

as strong as it had been the last several

days (18-20 mph) coming straight down

US 1 (the bicycle course). Projected

highs would be in the low 80s. The water

was very choppy and the waves were 4-6

ft. Several people

had considerable problems in the

water and it was difficult to sight

the buoys with the high seas. I fin-

ished the swim in 1:08 and had a

quick transition onto the bicycle.

The bicycle course was straight up

US 1 (into the wind) to the 28.5

mile point where we turned around

and headed south (with the

wind!). At the naval base the full

distance race turned around and

went back up route 1 for another

lap. Each lap also had two short

side road areas where you had to

do either 1 or 2 laps per one big

lap. Needless to say the second

trip back into the wind crushed my

legs. Most of the road surface is

very rough which resulted in sore

upper bodies and hands (and lower

bodies). I finished the bicycle leg

in 6:09.

I relaxed in transition and took

time to change into my running

shoes and compose myself (8

mins) before the run leg. i pro-

ceeded to run/walk the mara-

thon. Having to stop and walk when the

pain became too much. The run course

consisted of 3 7.75 mile loops on the

sidewalk by the ocean before heading

into downtown Key West for the fin-

ish. Think of running on sidewalk of

Bayshore Blvd, and you would have a

good idea of what it was like. The race

course was changed so that we would run

past the finish line in the park before ap-

pearing on Duval street for two blocks

before heading back towards the park to

finish.

I finished 24th male overall finisher and

4th in age group at 12:43, but i know i

could have done better had it not been for

the IT band issue. Next year will be

faster.

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