Student Spotlight
An Iron Will
Dublin Jerome High School senior completes Ironman By Brendan Martin
Not everyone can run a marathon. And when someone does, you’d think their first thought would be: “I can’t wait to sit down and rest!” but 18-year-old William Tarrant crossed the finish line and thought, “What’s next?” Tarrant first gave the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus Marathon a shot and finished with relative ease, so he decided to take it one step further with a triathlon. But not just any triathlon. The Ironman.
“It was just something no one else in my family had ever done before, and I guess I wanted to be the first person to do it,” Tarrant says. “After completing the marathon, I just wanted to continue that feeling of accomplishment.” The Ironman is an extreme, brutal athletic event. Athletes start by swimming 34 • April/May 2020
2.4 miles with a 112-mile bike race after. Directly following the biking portion is an entire marathon. It’s one the most physically and mentally challenging races created, and therefore has an age requirement of 18 years old. Tarrant wanted to finish an Ironman between his 18th birthday and before school www.dublinlifemagazine.com
