I believe my father has and always will be the strongest influence in my life, as he has guided me on many paths.

It's an individual sport, but collectively everybody shares the same motto that Ironman stands for: anything is possible.

For me, the '60s in the automotive industry was awesome. The cars are heavy, huge, rolling works of art.

Did you do every single thing you could today, to be your best?

I could never focus on my upper body as a skater, so I'm enjoying having symmetrical upper and lower body muscle.

Vancouver is an amazing city and luckily, growing up in the Seattle area, I was able to immerse myself into the culture at a young age, traveling back and forth across the border for skating competitions as a youngster.

My dad always used to tell me that sometimes you have to have a massive storm in order to clear the sky.