Members From Our Ohana in Ironman!

The Ironman World Championship is synonymous with Kona having hosted the event since 1981. It is an incredible feat of physical and mental endurance with many athletes training for months, if not years, to participate at the pinnacle of their sport. It is with a great deal of pride to highlight three of this year’s entrants, as we have three of our own ‘ohana taking to the starting line this Saturday morning!

This will be Laurentiu Grigore (Beach Tree Server), 3rd time participating in the event, whilst Lloyd Gillespie (Club General Manager) will be making his debut along the Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway! Michael Kemp (Beach Tree Server) will also be competing for the first time and is competing for the Ironman Foundation having made a charitable pledge of $25,000! Since the start of the year, Michael has fundraised as hard as he has trained (!) and is very close to reaching his goal. Should you wish to help Michael reach his goal, please find a link to his donation page: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1477392762873674/?_rdr

We wish Laurentiu, Lloyd and Michael all the very best on Saturday! Regardless of how you finish, we are very proud of you! They would appreciate support along the course as they swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run 26.2 miles! Feel free to track their performance with the Ironman Tracking App https://www.ironman.com/app-tracking-information and entering their last name.