Ferreira Pinto Brothers compete in Ironman Brazil. Dedication and Inspiration

Wow! Thanks for sharing!

ST…….nice comments there. I started racing multisport back in 1991 for change in life from where i was. Got my butt kicked for years…..loved it. Figuring out endurance racing is a challenge.

Stuck with it and 1999 did for full IM race. Got destroyed but finished. I was hooked. Wife said if you ever had the chance to do Kona Hawaii would you. Yes I said, i will mortgage the house. That did not go over well. So i kept doing IM races every two years as the three kids were growing.

I was sitting on 7 finishes and Hawaii opened the door for average athletes. I needed 12 finishes to qualify for Legacy athlete. I came up with a plan, wife let me go for it and i did 5IM races in 24 months. Fun, frigging hard and for sure taxing.

I got to 12, after IM Chatty i applied and was accepted. Oh shite…..a dream come true. I qualified and was invited to race Kona in 2020. Then covid hit. And cancelled me 3x and the 4th was a GO.

Raced the IMWC in Kona in 2022. Ah man, what an experience. Got my butt kicked off the bike, 5M into the run, my mind said go, body said no. I was now in survival mode. 2 choices, quit and go home or fight to the end. I took the fight. Ended up walking and shuffling for 21 miles. Embarrassing. I got it though in 16:13 hours.

That race cost me 25K…….to me worth it.

I raced Kona at 63, and getting back into it, health is good and goal is to do 2 more and at 70 try to win a slit and go back.