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Ron Jacobs
Ironman Wisconsin Triathlon
September 11, 2005

 
 

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About Ron Jacobs
I have known Dani and Sigal Eshet since the early 1990s, when we all lived in Los Angeles. They have been dear friends, and I feel fortunate that I have been able to see them so often since my wife and I moved to New England. Four years ago, as the four of us waited excitedly for the birth of our first children, I imagined their daughter Avigail and my daughter Sophia playing together, and growing up to be great friends. I still envision that same future, and I try to help Dani, Sigal, and Avigail in every way that I can. I am thrilled, then, to be able to compete in the 2005 Ironman Wisconsin, as a fundraiser for the Familial Dysautonomia Foundation.

The Ironman is a grueling event, which consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike, and a 26.2-mile run. Preparing for such a race is in many ways an exercise in selfishness. Friends and family members have to accommodate a training schedule that takes up 20-30 hours each week, and an obsession about exercise that treats every moment of leisure as another opportunity to ride the bike or sneak out for a run. And so I feel fortunate to be able to focus my participation in the Ironman in a more altruistic manner, in order to support the important work being done by the FD Foundation.

 

Ron is participating in honor of Avigail Eshet

Good luck, Ron!

For more information about the Ironman Wisconsin event, click on one of the links below: 
 http://www.ironmanwisconsin.com  and http://vnews.ironmanlive.com/vnews/wisconsin 

For more information about Ron Jacobs, click on the link below: 
 http://www.albany.edu/sociology/html/faculty/jacobsr/jacobsr.htm  

To read a letter from Avigail's family, click here.