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Name: Bradford Kirley
Nickname: Brad
Location: Reston, VA
Age Group: Male 75 - 79
What I do to pay the bills: Retired from Sun Microsystems
Who defends the ranch when I'm out training: wife Donna, retired Dental Hygienst
moving to Lake Anna in spring of 2007
Short term triathlon goals: get thru the next tri
Long term triathlon goals: do another Ironman Hawaii, do one in Australia/NZ and one in Europe
Fantasy triathlon goals: earn Hawaii not by way of lottery
Three favorite albums: Fleetwood Mac, Rumors
Rod Stewart, Unplugged
Kris Kristofferson, Who's to Bless
Favorite movie: The Black Stallion
Working Girl
Top Gun
The Final Countdown
No Way Out
Chocolate: one of the major food groups
Garlic: a little
Blue Cheese: nope
For breakfast, I usually have: Protein shake or yougret
After a long day of training, my favorite meal is: pasta, followed closely by junk food, tostito
chips, popcorn, peanuts, beer (Coors lite, ok,
near beer), etc.
My best triathlon advice is: relax, enjoy the day, look around, talk to the
volunteers, other athletes, smile
My best non-triathlon advice is: A job worth doing is a job worth doing well
What was I thinking when I signed up for my first race: This'll be fun. Did a sprint on a rented cross
bike complete with a kick-stand and license plate.
Swam with my head out of the water the whole way.
Got third place in my old men div, and got hooked.
Everything I need to know I learned from: My father
My deepest, darkest secret is: still just that



Race Summary

Race Type # Done PR Race PR
Run - 10 km 2 Ukrop's Monument Run (Apr 9, 2005) 0:56:39
Triathlon - Sprint 4 Giant Acorn Triathlon (Oct 8, 2006) 1:34:38
Triathlon - International Distance 8 Reston Triathlon (Sep 7, 1997) 2:54:00
Triathlon - Half Ironman 5 Eagleman (Jun 12, 2005) 7:10:48
Triathlon - Ironman 3 Ironman Canada (Aug 24, 2003) 15:03:46



Race Schedule

Date Name Type Results
Time O.A. A.G.
Sep 7, 1997 Reston Triathlon Triathlon - International Distance View
2:54:00
Sep 12, 1999 Reston Triathlon Triathlon - International Distance View
2:57:04
Oct 14, 2000 Ironman World Championship Triathlon - Ironman View
15:20:07
May 4, 2002 Wildflower Half Ironman Triathlon - Half Ironman View
7:18:40
May 3, 2003 Wildflower Half Ironman Triathlon - Half Ironman View
7:38:09
Aug 10, 2003 New York City Triathlon Triathlon - International Distance View
2:56:10
Aug 24, 2003 Ironman Canada Triathlon - Ironman View
15:03:46
May 1, 2004 Wildflower Half Ironman Triathlon - Half Ironman View
7:51:09
Jun 27, 2004 New York City Triathlon Triathlon - International Distance View
3:05:19
Sep 12, 2004 Reston Triathlon Triathlon - International Distance View
3:10:29
Nov 25, 2004 Ashburn Farm 10K Run - 10 km View
1:01:58
Apr 9, 2005 Ukrop's Monument Run Run - 10 km View
0:56:39
Apr 24, 2005 Kinetic Sprint Triathlon - Sprint View
2:02:41 252 / 326 3 / 6
Jun 12, 2005 Eagleman Triathlon - Half Ironman View
7:10:48
Aug 28, 2005 Ironman Canada Triathlon - Ironman View
16:03:51
Sep 11, 2005 Reston Triathlon Triathlon - International Distance View
3:05:26
Apr 23, 2006 Kinetic Sprint Triathlon - Sprint View
2:00:18 238 / 298 3 / 3
Jun 11, 2006 Eagleman Triathlon - Half Ironman View
7:17:03
Jul 2, 2006 Skinnyman Tri Triathlon - Sprint View
1:45:19 236 / 357 4 / 6
Jul 16, 2006 New York City Triathlon Triathlon - International Distance View
3:09:15 12 / 18
Sep 10, 2006 Reston Triathlon Triathlon - International Distance View
3:06:26
Oct 8, 2006 Giant Acorn Triathlon Triathlon - Sprint View
1:34:38 271 / 400 2 / 3