Hines Ward has an image in his head in which he's running and he's being passed both by women older than he is and boys nearly half his age.


He hates it.
Ward wins Super Bowls, MVP trophies, even dance competitions. He's used to being the best. In the world of Ironman triathlon, however, winning isn't an option. By the time October gets here and Ward reaches the starting line of the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, he'll have been training for nearly a year. He'll have lost track long ago of the hours spent in the pool, on the bike and on the road and the endless miles logged. He'll have given it everything he has, because he is Hines Ward. He's used to winning. He's used to being the best.
This time he won't win. It's as simple as that. Just finishing the race will have to be reward enough. .............


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