Breakfast with Bob Kona 2019: Sarah Piampiano

Bob Babbitt interviews Sarah Piampano ahead of the 2019 Ironman World Championship race.

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Sarah Piampiano was an investment banker who worked 100 hours a week when she did her first triathlon as part of a bet with a friend. In 2012 she quit her job and started training under Matt Dixon. In 2018, she took eleventh at the women’s pro race in Kona, and this year she is ready to go much faster.

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