My friend Michael Hennessey will be doing the unthinkable tomorrow. He will be completing his 15th Ironman this year, which will break the Guiness World Record of 14. He is doing it raise awareness for children diagnosed with Trisomy 13 and 18. You can read about his cause at Ironman for kids. Please pray for him tomorrow. Feel free to follow along on the Ironman Website. His bib number is 1234. Just go to the website and click on athlete tracker. Well, your at it please consider joining our cause for Trisomy babies and their heroic families.
Michael you will be in our prayers tomorrow and I will be glued to my computer screen. What you are doing is AWESOME and God is going to use it for great things.
I will be praying for all the athletes out there. Have fun. I wish I could be there with you all.
UPDATE SUNDAY 11/23/08
Michael finished the swim in 1 hour and 10 minutes and had a 6 minute transition and is now on the bike heading out to bike 112 miles. I'll keep you posted as I can. I'm off to church now.
UPDATE #2
Michael finished the bike in 5:57:59 that's 112 miles. His second transition was 3:33. Way to rock it Michael!!!
He is on the run course. Pray for his knee. And if you are out there look for the cowboy hat. YeeeeHaaaawwww!!
UPDATE #3
He did it. Michael is an Ironman again. He finished his 15th Ironman this year breaking the world record of 14 and is doing it all to raise awareness for kids born with Trisomy. Great job Michael. He did it 12:42:12. Congratulations.
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