Fire fighter, soon to be father, master movie quoter. We’re going to talk about Bobby’ Weakley’s transition…ummm…from mountain bike specialist to ironman finisher. And yes, we start off with WHY. Then the HOW. It wasn’t an easy road to travel. Ridicule from his co-workers and mountain bike buddies. Learning to swim as an adult. Running on road when there’s a perfectly good trail nearby. Tough stuff. But ultimately it culminated to a great performance at Ironman Chattanooga in 2019.
Bobby gives a lot of insight into how he made the jump from a single sport athlete to a multisport monster. If you listen for no other reason it would be to see how many movie quotes Bobby and Coach Dale can throw into one episode. If you watch the Youtube version, we’ve got a running movie quote counter going.
Shout Outs:
Tim Linn – 1st Pro Race – Ironman 70.3 Shanghai
Walking Tall 50k/25k
Race Directors Brian Williams and Sean Hilsdon
BHP Rangers and Staff
Coach Chris – 2nd overall male 25k
Rebekah Winter – 2nd overall female 25k
Marcus Jones – 1st overall male 25k – new course record
Hunter Hall – 1st overall make 50k – new course record
Jason Crews – 8th overall 25k
Jessica Wang – 20 min PR – 25k
Tony Gambrell – 4th in Corporate Category – Bourbon Chase Relay