Julie Ann Gerhard Ironman Swimsuit Spectaculaavi May 2026

“Alright, team,” Julie Ann announced to the five bewildered volunteers she had commandeered. “The first wave is out. We have exactly fourteen minutes before the age-groupers hit the first buoy. I need the ‘GO JULIE’ sign at twelve o’clock high, and the air horn primed for the crying guy in the neon-green cap. He looked like he needed encouragement.”

When a man named “Chad” tried to quit at the turnaround buoy, she simply removed her rhinestone visor, held it to her heart, and said into the bullhorn, “Chad. Your mother didn’t raise a quitter. She raised a man who paid nine hundred dollars to be here. Now finish the swim so you can suffer on the bike like everyone else.” Julie Ann Gerhard IRONMAN SWIMSUIT SPECTACULAavi

Next came a pair of sisters from Minnesota, both wearing matching pink caps. They were laughing, which in the grim world of the IRONMAN swim start was akin to a miracle. “Alright, team,” Julie Ann announced to the five