Ironman Pros: ‘Adapt, Overcome’

With knowing glances and quiet chuckles, Andy Potts, Heather Wurtele and Trevor Wurtele described trials and tribulations they endured on their journeys to Ironman fame. “I wish I knew that in hot conditions, my feet swell,” said Potts, of Colorado Springs. “Your feet do swell in an Ironman, and I actually started (bike) riding in a half a size shoe bigger. Not a big deal but it’s actually helped me a lot.” Potts and his Ironman colleagues spoke Thursday evening during the first “Ironman Pro Meet and Greet” in the Kroc Center. More than 40 people, many of them budding triathletes or relatives of Ironman competitors, heard stories of success and failure as Potts and the Werteles, of Kelowna, British Columbia, discussed the guts and glory of their triathlon triumphs/ Devin Heilman , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here. (Matt Weigand Press photo: From right, Andy Potts, Trevor Wurtele and heather Wurtele comment to roughly 50 people on Thursday evening about how their first Ironman went)