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I'm still doing Ironmans because I'm here for the 90s
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This is normal for us, okay? It's another day. The Ironman is a pretty grueling race
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It is 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and a 26.2 mile run
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That in and of itself is just amazing, to be able to do that in a 17 hour time frame
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You're going to be an Ironman today, you know that? You're stopping
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Chris had open heart surgery when he was five months old, and he developed very slowly
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He was almost four before he could walk. People were very cautious when we said Chris was going to attempt an Ironman
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And it was too difficult a task for someone with Down syndrome. People saw that I couldn't do anything. I said, hell no
0:58
Here we go! Here we go! We've got a hundred mile bike going on today
1:15
Chris trains about six days a week. He trains about three to six hours per day on average
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Some days it'll reach as many as eight hours when we do really long, intense bike rides on a Saturday
1:27
Chris believed he could do anything any of the other boys and girls can do. And so Chris worked hard, he got one percent better, and then boy did he do some amazing things
1:51
So far so good. We had a great swim. It was really choppy, but we were able to get it done
1:57
And now it's on the bike. This is the race. The bike is the race for us
2:02
He's got to do this all by himself, and he's ready for it
2:06
We're riding into the wind right now. He's holding 17 miles an hour, so I need him just to maintain his energy right now and keep this going
2:18
So I feel pretty good. We'll see. It's going to be an eight-hour ride
2:22
It's game time. Time to go to work. Chris, are you having fun? Yeah
2:29
What time did Chris count? Ten dollars. Take my bike. Ten dollars more
2:34
He did it. Good job, good job. You did it, baby. All right. One more. One more thing to go
2:41
My expectations for Chris is that anything is possible. I feel as though he's already taken the lid off, and now I just want to help him keep that lid off
2:53
and not put any limitations on him or allow anyone to put limitations on him
2:58
It's an honor to be a part of this and be able to work with him daily
3:17
Woo! Drink it all. Come on. Drink. Oh, my God. We're getting the Ironman
3:34
Chris Ricky for the win! Ironman! You did it, Chris! To the team of the day, the dream of 18
3:47
Put your hands together again for the history of the Bay team
3:53
Chris' greatest achievement is not having done the Ironman or some of the other achievements
3:58
It is his tenacity to never quit. It is his ability to stick with it every day
4:04
It is his commitment to getting a little bit better every day
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It is his commitment to getting a little bit better every single day and not making any excuses
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Not quitting. If you woke up this morning as a boy with Down syndrome, you're going home as an Ironman
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Yeah, baby! Chris looked up to me as a leader and a role model
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He's a man of his word. He's a man of his word
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He's a man of his word. He's a man of his word
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Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut
