Kathy Laska (left) didn’t learn how to ride a bike until five years ago. Dave Wilson (right) and Laska are the first father-daughter team in the Ultraman event.
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Sharing an Ultra experience
For father and daughter, endurance races are a walk in the park. So now it’s on to the Ultraman event.
Kathy Laska (left) didn’t learn how to ride a bike until five years ago. Dave Wilson (right) and Laska are the first father-daughter team in the Ultraman event.
Tomorrow, while the rest of us recover from our Thanksgiving feasts, Kathy Laska, 38, and her dad, Dave Wilson,65, will be doing a 6.2-mile ocean swim, followed by a 90-mile bike ride up a volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. The next day, they’ll do a 171-mile ride with a vertical climb of 8,600 feet. The third day is a double marathon: they’ll run 52.4 miles. It’s the Ultraman World Championships, and only 38 people worldwide will compete.
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