Woman with stage IV lung cancer completes IRONMAN World Championship race

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October 15, 2018 10:43 PM

Isabella de la Houssaye — a 54-year-old woman with stage IV lung cancer — completed the IRONMAN World Championship race Saturday in 14:56:56.

Known as the "
2.4-mile swim,
112-mile bicycle ride, and a marathon run, in that order, with no breaks.
Isabella de la Houssaye completed this year's event just nine months after her initial diagnosis of stage IV lung cancer.
54-year-old Lawrenceville, New Jersey native crossed the finish line in under 15 hours and ahead of 147 competitors.

world’s most difficult one-day sporting event," participants

de la Houssaye comes from a family of remarkable achievers. Her eldest son, Cason Crane, openly gay at 21 years old

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