Retiring Retirement
A time for training and rest This is the second in a two-part series.
bicycle ride and a 26.22-mile marathon.
here is no tension in the man who employs and enjoys both extended sabbaths and triathlons.
Perhaps one of the unexpected benefits of being a grandfathertriathlete is the inspiration it is providing for his progeny.
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In fact, Tim Madden’s commitment to both the physical and spiritual may end up being a generational marathon as his children and grandchildren are literally following fast in his footsteps.
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“I had a bunch of grandkids in the living room and asked them, ‘Who’d like to learn to swim laps?’” Madden said. “They liked the idea, and so I trained them to swim laps.
Robert LaCosta
When he was 60, the founder of Matchless Stove & Chimney says God “carried him” through his Ironman competition – a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile
Tim Madden, an accomplished triathlete and local business owner, shares his love of physical training with the younger members of his family.
“Then I said to one, ‘Would you like to ride with me this summer?’ Lo and behold, I had a group of them riding with me. Next, their parents
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