80-year-old Upland resident completes fourth Chicago Triathlon

Alan Carlisle, 80 of Upland, competed all three races in the Chicago Triathlon on Aug. 27-29.

Carlisle, a divorce attorney with a practice in Rancho Cucamonga, as well as a friend, Bob Martin, were two of 209 people who finished all three races.

About 10,500 people registered.

The first race, a super sprint, was on Saturday and was the shortest of the three races. Sunday's races were a sprint and Olympic distance. 

The Olympic distance race consisted of a one-mile swim, 25-mile bike ride and a six-mile run.

Carlisle finished all three races with a combined total of 8 hours and 47 minutes. He finished last year's race in 9 hours and 43 minutes.

Martin finished all three races in 8 hours and 32 minutes.

The weather was about 93 degrees in the afternoon. About 60 people were given intravenous fluids in the medical tent, said Carlisle's wife, Cherie in an e-mail.

Alan Carlisle has participated in Ironman 8 times, run in 88 marathons and swum, run and bicycled in hundreds of triathlons.

This was his fourth time participating in the Chicago Triathlon.