Dave Bigoney did the 2009 Triathlon and did it very well. The thing is, Dave Bigoney is blind. Here is a pic of Dave ( on the right) going into the water in today’s race.
He has an amazing story. Four years after he lost his sight, a friend, who knew of Bigoney’s athletic background, suggested he do a triathlon. His first triathlon was the 2000 Red Hills Triathlon in Tallahassee, where he was attending Florida State at the time. “That was probably the hardest thing I had ever done since backpacking the Grand Canyon when I had my sight,” Bigoney said. “I was so psyched but I was learning as I went. I thought my butt was going to fall off after the bike and I got a cramp on the run, but I was hooked. Check out this video. It is an amazing story.
Pensacola NAS, FL
We welcome back David Bigoney to the SRI-TRI! I first met Dave when he came over for our 8th annuall race. He had signed up never mentioning he was blind. Gene Mitchell said ” Ann, did you know you had a blind athlete signed up for your race?” I looked up his entry and there was no indication that he was challenged, so I called him and he affirmed that he was indeed blind. Actually Gene ended up being Dave’s guide race morning as Dana, his regular training partner and guide wanted to do the race single so I had the timing company make the changes Friday night. Dave was very trusting as Gene had never trained as his guide before, they did a great job! If you want inspiration come watch Dave tri on Oct. 3rd!