‘It really turned my life around’: Local teacher & swim coach reflects on training for first IRONMAN
A former technology teacher is set to compete in the inaugural Jacksonville Ironman triathlon after taking a year off from teaching to pursue her passion for swimming.
Leeanna Cass is all smiles as she prepares to compete in her first Ironman triathlon. “I’m super excited,” said Cass. “It’ll be an awesome experience.
” However, she wasn’t all smiles a year ago. “It was really tough, it was a lot of tears on my way to school, leaving school,” said Cass Cass used to be a technology teacher in Jacksonville. She knew she loved teaching and the school she was at, but wasn’t in love with that subject.
She decided to take the year off and began coaching swimming for a club team and at the Providence School in Jacksonville. “I swam since I was three years old. It’s basically not a job for me,” said Cass.
“It’s awesome. ” During her time off, her friend asked her if she wanted to do an Ironman. Cass said yes and got to work.