Congratulations to our friend and client, Cherie Gruenfeld, who won her age group (again!) at the Hawaii Ironman World Championships last Saturday.  Cherie completed the 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and marathon run in 13 hours, 11 minutes and 19 seconds.  It was her 7th age group win and her 17th finish in Kona.  Watch her cross that amazing Ironman finish line here (click on the “watch me finish” button). 

Cherie is a heroine on and off the Ironman race course.  Her nonprofit organization, Exceeding Expectations, uses the sport of triathlon to encourage at risk kids to move their lives in a positive direction. RedBoots is honored to be working with Exceeding Expectations to develop a new Web site and online fundraising program. 

Among the many notable finishers at this year’s Hawaii Ironman was Kirsten Kincaid.  Kirsten raised $1.8 million dollars in honor of a little boy named Matt who died earlier this year.  I first learned about Kirsten and her quest on YouTube.  Be sure to watch the Ironmatt video (and be prepared to shed a tear or two).  You can learn more about Matt and the foundation that bears his name here. 

Filed under: Off Topic on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 by Nan Dawkins |
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