Your name saw this post on The ActiveRain Real Estate Network and thought it might be of interest to you. Please see the link below to review the post.

Six Business Lessons Rescued from the Ironman Swim
Six Business Lessons Rescued from the Ironman Swim
 
Imagine yourself  standing on a beach at 6:55am.  The cool dawn envelopes your senses and the damp sand to which your toes clutch feels like your only shelter.  You are wearing a wetsuit, goggles and a swim cap, and though you are sharing your experience with about 2000 others, little comfort is to be found in their camaraderie.  Over the next 5 minutes your heart will settle higher and more squarely in the back of your throat until a cannon blast will signal the start of your journey, a "race" beginning with a swim of 2.4 miles, followed by a bike ride of 112 miles and a 26.2 mile run. 
 
Welcome to the swim portion of the Ironman triathlon (IM).  Between 2001 and 2012, I raced 14 of these events, becoming accomplished enough in that time to qualify for and compete on three occasions in the world championship event held in Kona, Hawaii, each October --- the one you see on TV with all the inspiring human interest stories.  While I lived the life of an amateur triathlete, I began to recognize that the swim portion of the event, which strikes fear equally in the ... more

__________________________________________________
Are you on The Rain? Grow Your Network!