Canada has a rich history of success at the sport of Ironman Triathlon, particularly by our female Ironman athletes. Going back to the Puntous twins from Quebec who posted Ironman wins at the World Championships in Kona, Hawaii during the early eighties to Alberta native Heather Fuhr with fourteen Ironman victories and Lori Bowden of…
Hello from Kona – 36 hours before race day My training and preparation has been excellent. Over the past 12 weeks of training, I have swam at my best, thanks to Brian Kelly, my swim coach, I have biked at my best and I have executed career best runs. And thanks to my Kona training…
Kona may be only a few weeks away now, and Lisa Bentley must have that race at least partly on her mind, but right now she is contemplating an event that is even more important than that…
Lisa Bentley recorded the ninth Ironman win of her storied career at Ironman Germany. Lisa believes in squeezing every drop of joy from her Ironman journey, as evidenced by this detailed report from her trip…
Lisa had a great time speaking with kids at Alton Public School in a visit there in December. The kids were all watching as she raced and won in April’s Ironman Australia … and this is what they said to her…
Check out this article from last year on the Cycstic Fibrosis Association web site about the fundraising efforts of Lisa and Tracey Richardson…
Lisa begins, “Ironman Australia was the experience of a lifetime. The entire journey was marked with challenges but it was from those challenges that I grew. It was a success before the gun even went off on April 3rd”…
Lisa recently donated her autographed Ironman Canada 2004 winners jacket to a Tsunami relief auction. Her jacket was the highest auctioned item of the entire auction bringing in $777 USD. Lisa’s unsigned IMC 2003 winners jacket was the 5th highest auctioned item at $360 USD.
