Athlete:  Dave Heywood

Hometown:  Spanish Fork, UT, USA

Sport:  Triathlon

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Favourite Race:  The one I’m running next, although this year 2011 I have really
enjoyed the SG Tri (Sprint) in St. George Utah (same lake as IMSG) and
Ironman Muncie 70.3 in Indiana.

Favourite Drink:  E5 (by D1 Sports Nutrition

Favourite Food:  Whatever is on my fork, which is why I really NEED triathlon

Other:     I did my first 2 triathlons in 1984, the first a sprint starting in
a pool, and the second a 1/2 swim, 40 mile ride, and 13.1 run that
featured Mark Allen. I like to tell people I passed him on the run, which
is true, but further investigation would reveal that I passed him when I
was about 3 miles out of T2 on an out and back course and he was 3 miles
from the finish. It was still cool to see him running. He was just
starting to really make a name for himself at that time. I didn’t do
another one until a about 15 years ago. Then I kind of dropped out for a
while. In september of 2009, I did a local sprint and this caught the
fever bad again. I did 6 Sprints and and Olympic in 2010 and have done 2
Sprints and a 70.3 so far this summer, with a 5k open water swim still
planned and one more sprint and one more Olympic planned for the fall. I
think I’m in it to stay this time. I’ve lost 30 lbs and hope to lose
another 20-30. I’m hoping to do my first 140.6 next summer.