Elementary teacher is a real Ironman

We love hearing about cool staff news like this from Reid Elementary:

"One of our 4th grade teachers, Mary Costa (pictured at right) is now an official Ironman. She completed the Ironman at Panama Beach in Florida on Saturday, November 6, 2010. In order to be an Ironman, you must complete the entire race in under 17 hours. She completed it in 13 hours and 41 minutes. The first part of the race was a 2.4 mile ocean swim, the second part was a 112 mile bike race and the last part was the marathon run of 26.2 miles. There were 3000 participants in the race and she finished 1663. In her division of women ages 40 – 44 she finished 64th.

Mary has completed 28 marathons over the years. She completed 12 triathlons this past year to prepare herself for the Ironman.

The faculty and students at Martha Reid supported her and encouraged her as she was preparing and she said that knowing they were all thinking about her helped her get through it when it got tough."

Thanks to Reid Elementary for sharing the news.

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