On Sunday, the only fuel that will get NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Josh Wise to the finish line will come from within his own body. Normally sitting inside the #35 MDS Transport Ford on Sundays, the 30-year-old driver for Front Row Motorsports and triathlete will instead be swimming, cycling and running in his first half Ironman triathlon in Racine, Wis. Longer than a standard triathlon, the 70.3-mile half Ironman will include a 1.2-mile swim in Lake Michigan, a 56-mile bike course and a 13.1-mile run. The idea of competing in triathlons started in a light-hearted conversation with fellow NASCAR driver Scott Speed. ‘Scott got me into road cycling a few years ago, and we started joking about how we were going to add swimming and running and do a triathlon’ Wise said. ‘And it turned into us actually doing a sprint triathlon last summer. It was a blast.” Wise has been training for the July 21 event in Racine for about a year. At the most intense part of his training, Wise was swimming five miles, biking 150 miles and running 20 miles per week.(Front Row Motorsports)(7-20-2013) UPDATE: Wise finished the Triahlon in 5:21:06. His swim time was 35:35, bike time 2:41:08 and run time 1:56:28. He was 64th in his age group and 394th overall. There were nearly 2300 participants.
