The Road to Kona

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Developing and testing hypotheses

By Shannon Crone | September 15, 2023

While I did well in science classes as a kid and teenager, I was never going to be the next Bill Nye. Looking back, I didn’t enjoy establishing a theory or hypothesis as to why something happened and how the outcome would change if I tweaked one little thing. Why couldn’t it just work the…

Stomaching the Roller Coaster

By Shannon Crone | September 7, 2023

I’ve been an avid lover of roller coasters since my head crossed over the “you must be this tall to ride” marking. I loved everything about them…the waiting in line and associated anticipation, the getting locked in for a safe ride, the slow, clanking ride up the climb and the extraordinarily fast seconds that followed…

Knowledge is Power

By Shannon Crone | August 29, 2023

As of a couple of weeks ago, my race calendar included IRONMAN Canada in Penticton on August 27th and IRONMAN World Championship in Hawaii on October 14th. Endurance athletes, and probably most athletes, label their races according to their importance, so it likely goes without saying Kona, as the World Championship is often referred to, was…

A runner turned triathlete and cancer awareness advocate

By Shannon Crone | August 27, 2023

A couple of weeks ago, I was awarded a spot in this year’s IRONMAN World Championship in Hawaii, the same event I watched with Mike so many years ago. As such, I feel it only fitting to do the race in his honor and will be raising money for Sky Foundation (SHANNON’S IRONMAN – Campaign (classy.org)) as way to create more awareness around pancreatic cancer.