By Team Gina:

Gina Kehr's finish at the 2008 Ironman in Kona

On a day when the Ford Ironman World Championships had its “teeth” back for the first time in three years, Gina Kehr, eight months removed from the birth of her second child, powered through the Kona course and finished 9th in her first full Ironman race since June of 2006.

“I knew I was going into this race with the least amount of training one could do for an Ironman and it would be difficult to compete with these girls that do nothing but train and have no extracurricular responsibilities.  I prepared for my mind to take over and to race above what I may have been able to put in during training,” said Kehr from her Redwood City home.

After a fourth place finish at this race in 2006, Gina unexpectedly became pregnant with her second child and could only cheer from the sidelines at the 2007 race.  She gave birth to Blaisen at the end of January and began training at the end of March for the October race.

To see full coverage of the 2008 Ford Ironman World Championships and Gina’s ninth place finish, tune into NBC on Saturday, December 13th from 11:30AM-1:00PM.

Click on picture below to watch Gina cross the finish line!