Megan Gridley survives extreme conditions at Kona 2004

After qualifying a year earlier, Megan finally steps to the storied start line in Hawaii

(10.16.04) Kona, Hawaii -- In Megan's own humbling words:

"OK, so I am not a total rookie having completed two previous Iromans, but on October 16th I sure felt like I was..."

Read more about Megan's experience at her first Kona Ironman-- the standard by which all other Ironman triathlons are measured. Megan was the 4th overall women at the 2002 Duke Ironman in North Carolina. Depite a debilitating headwind and scorching temperatures, Megan broke the 12 hour mark in Kona.