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August 26 • 2010
Ironman, they can at the very least exer-
cise every day'
Special to the Jewish News
A record 2,612 athletes competed in
the Ironman Lake Placid, which began
pink you had a busy day today? with a swim in Mirror Lake, continued
Try swimming in a lake for 2.4
with a scenic bike ride through the
miles, riding 112 miles on a
Adirondack Mountains and concluded
bicycle through mountains, then run-
with a marathon run that ended in the
ning a 26.2-mile marathon. Heather
Olympic speedskating oval in downtown
Shenkman did all that in 14 hours, 45
Lake Placid.
minutes and 25 seconds last month in
Shenkman chose Lake Placid as her
the Ironman Lake Placid
first Ironman because
(N.Y.), achieving her goal
she spent a lot of time in
of finishing in less than
upstate New York after
15 hours. And there's
she left Detroit.
more to the story.
She graduated from
"I injured my right
Rensselaer Polytechnic
knee in about 10th mile
Institute in Thy, N.Y., and
of the marathon',' she
Albany (N.Y.) Medical
said. "It hurt. I had to
College, and her gen-
walk about a mile and a
eral cardiology training
half around the 23rd mile
was at the University of
before I started running
Rochester. Her internal
again. After all the train-
medicine residency was
ing I did, I would have
at Henry Ford Hospital in
crawled across the finish
Detroit.
line if I had to."
Heather S henkman
She moved to the Los
It was the first Ironman
Angeles area in 2007 in
race for Shenkman, 34,
part so she could train
a former Farmington Hills resident
year-round. She also runs in marathons.
and 1993 Detroit Country Day School
Next on her competition schedule: the
graduate who has completed about three Malibu Triathlon on Sept. 12.
dozen triathlons since 2005.
"To tell the truth, it probably will be
Hall Doors Open
my first and only Ironman," she said.
Another former Detroiter now liv-
"I loved competing in it, but extensive
ing in California also is making news.
training is needed. My coach had me
Wheelchair sports pioneer Bonnie
training 20 hours a week during the
Lewkowicz, 53, of Berkeley was
three months before the race. That's just
inducted into the Northern California
too much time away from friends and
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
family"
A broken neck suffered in a dune
Shenkman also has a job that
buggy accident in 1972 left Lewkowicz
demands much of her attention. She's
a quadriplegic at age 15, but that hasn't
an interventional cardiologist affiliated
stopped her from pursuing her dreams
with Valley Cardiovascular Specialists in
since she moved to California after
Sherman Oaks, Calif
graduating from Livonia Clarenceville
When she's on-call, she needs to be
High School. She earned a degree in
no further than 30 minutes away from
recreational therapy from Sonoma State
the hospital. In order to do that and
University, helped found a dance troupe
complete a 72-mile training ride for the
for those with and without disabilities
Ironman, she had to come up with a cre- and was one of the organizers of a
ative solution.
wheelchair rugby team.
"I rode my bike in an eight-mile loop
She wrote a book, The Wheelchair
around the hospital for five hours',' she
Riders Guide: San Francisco Bay and
said. "It was pretty boring."
Nearby Coast, and is active in the dis-
"I hope I can set an example for
abled community in north California. 17J
my patients',' she added. "I hope I can
show them what they can achieve with
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