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Hillary Biscay's Ultraman Thanksgiving Detox: 6.2 Mile Swim, 261.4 Mile Bike, 52.4 Mile Run

Colleen Wachob
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November 26, 2010
Colleen Wachob
mbg Co-Founder & Co-CEO
By Colleen Wachob
mbg Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Colleen Wachob is Co-Founder and Co-CEO at mindbodygreen.
November 26, 2010

After a day of gratefulness, there are many different ways we choose to enjoy our post-Thanksgiving bliss. For some of us this involves detoxifying yoga classes or conscious consumerism, but our dear friend, Ironman champ, Hillary Biscay, has much more ambitious plans.

Hillary is one of 40 invited participants in this year's Ultraman World Championships, a 3-day odyssey on the Big Island of Hawaii that includes a 6.2 mile swim, a 261.4 mile bike, and a 52.4 mile run. Even for Hillary, who is perennially one of the most prolific racers on the Ironman circuit, Ultraman delivers the ultimate physical and mental challenge.

The athletes start Stage I in Kailua Bay this morning with a 6.2 mile ocean swim, followed by a 90 mile bike ride. Hillary, and the other 39 athletes in this year's Ultraman World Championships, are inspiring embodiments of the infinite possibilities of the human body and mind.

Go Hillary!

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Colleen Wachob
mbg Co-Founder & Co-CEO

Colleen Wachob is Co-Founder and Co-CEO at mindbodygreen. She graduated from Stanford University with degrees in international relations and Spanish, and spent 10 years working at Fortune 500 companies including Gap, Walmart, and Amazon. Wachob lives in Miami, Florida with her husband, mbg Founder and Co-CEO Jason Wachob and their two daughters, Ellie and Grace. Her first book, which is co-authored with mindbodygreen Founder Jason Wachob, The Joy of Well-Being, is being released on May 23, 2023.