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This is a story of an Ironman World Championships. At the time he had no idea what that meant or how he would do it and after a while, as things have a way of doing he got busy with life and he forgot all about The Ironman and Hawaii. He forgot until several years later when he had actually given up smoking and had taken up Triathlon. Nothing he had done up to then had given any indication that he should have had a reason to believe he had a chance at qualifying, but three years later when he asked Aisling, his wife if she thought it was possible she immediately said yes and then she added let's do it. Aisling's belief in him started us on a journey that led to treading water on the most iconic start line in triathlon, waiting for the cannon to fire at the start of the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. This is how he overcame all of the odds and discovered what it would take to get to the Ironman World Championships.