Breakfast with Bob Kona 2019: Beth and Liza James

Bob Babbitt talks with Beth and Liza James, who will attempt to become the first mother/daughter duo to finish the Ironman World Championship.

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On July 4, 2004, Beth James and her three kids were driving home from a gathering when their vehicle was struck by two cars that were drag racing through the streets. Beth’s youngest daughter Liza ended up with severe brain damage from the crash. Being a long-time runner and triathlete, Beth and Liza created Team Liza and, after finishing Ironman Wisconsin last fall, the two are in Kona to try and become the first mother/daughter duo to finish the Ironman World Championship.

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Immediately after finishing 24th place at his final Ironman World Championships, the Olympic medalist (and three-time IMWC winner) explains what his race in Nice meant to him.

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