Folks who were not necessarily on the jock side of the geek-jock divide in high school may be off the charts in terms of persistence -- the major characteristic needed for marathons and long triathlons . "
Unhappy that he was so out-of-shape , he started training for triathlons and finished the ironman canada in 2004 in 8 hours , 29 minutes , and 55 seconds -- good enough for second place .
Several executives close to the company told fortune they hadn 't known such a move was imminent -- and hadn 't had any inkling that lafley , who had gotten remarried and taken up triathlons , would be interested in returning .
