Matt Damon can now add triathlon participant to his long list of accomplishments. The 38 year old actor was talked into joining his long distance running brother Kyle Damon, who took 27th spot with a time of 2:23:40.
Besides his brother, Damon teamed up with his step father Jay Jones and good friend Barry Hetherington for the Escape to Miami Triathlon event over the weekend. Damon, on a relay team, ran the 6.2 mile portion of the team challenge in 59 minutes 54 seconds. He later quipped, “I knew I was in trouble when the guy with the oxygen tank passed me.”
The event included relay teams, Olympic distance competition and shorter sprint distances. Damon was anxious to get back into shape after putting on a considerable amount of weight for his movie role The Informant. He will begin filming Bourne 4 and The Human Factor shortly.
Waiting at the sideline was Damon’s wife Luciana Bozan Barroso and their 7 week old daughter Gia. She greeted the ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ with a congratulatory kiss after he crossed the finish line.
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