On Ironman results and Matt Damon

At the end of his email messages, Sam Pasceri has the quote: "I refuse to tip-toe through life only to arrive a death safely."

I'm not sure about the death part, but Pasceri certainly isn't tip-toeing through life.

The Lockport resident completed the Virginia Double Ironman this past weekend. That's 4.8 miles of swimming, 224 miles of biking and two marathons to finish it all off.

Pasceri finished in 34 hours and 48 minutes -- one hour and 12 minutes away from the cutoff.

While the double Ironpeople recover from their exploits, the Ford Ironman World Championships in Kona get underway on Saturday.

The website will have a webcast (the event will be broadcast on TV at a later date) and you can follow Western New York athletes Diane Sardes and Joanne York through the websites athlete tracker.

Meanwhile, celebrities continue to get into the triathlon game. Well, sort of. Matt Damon was a surprise entry at the recent Escape to Miami Triathlon. But Damon did the event as part of a relay team, doing the 6.2-mile run in 59 minutes, 54 seconds.