Kyle and Brent Pease, founders of the Kyle Pease Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of the disabled through sports, are heading to Kailua-Kona, Hawaii to compete in the IRONMAN World Championship on October 13. Following a grueling 14-week training schedule that consisted of more than 280 combined hours of swimming, biking, running and strength training, the brothers are ready to take on the toughest single-day endurance event on the planet. Once completed, they will be the first brother duo and the second wheelchair-assisted team to ever cross the finish line at the World Championship.  

With more than just pride on the line, Kyle and Brent are competing to raise funds and awareness for the Kyle Pease Foundation. Having launched its $250,000 Kona Capital Campaign in August to support the team's travel to the race and other initiatives to further the organization's mission, the Foundation has raised more than $133,000 of its goal. Much of the donations coming from friends, family and corporate sponsors, including Dynamo Multisport, Cannon Cyclery, MillerClapperton, Locumtenens.com, Newton Running and Thousand Eyes.

"The past three and a half months training for the IRONMAN World Championship have been the hardest, yet most rewarding in my life," shares Brent Pease, executive director of the Kyle Pease Foundation. "This has been a dream of mine since I completed my first IRONMAN in 2010. To be able to compete with Kyle while raising money for a cause that is so near and dear to my heart, makes it that much more magical. We're ready to take on Kona and further prove that people of all abilities can accomplish anything they set their minds to, we can all be an IRONMAN."