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The Iron Woman

By AAN Staff
august 13, 2003  12:02 am
The Iron Woman
Shelby Sheffield is a corporate attorney, but her real passion is the triathlon, a grueling athletic endurance event that consists of three basic elements -- a swim, a bike ride and a run. In 2002, the 29-year-old Sheffield went from being a much respected triathlete on a regional level to a world-class competitor who qualified to compete this October in the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon, the most prestigious triathlon in the world. Bruce Dobie talks to Sheffield as she prepares for Hawaii, where competitors will test the limits of human endurance with a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run in temperatures that can reach 110 degrees.
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