Summit triathlete achieves lifelong dream, earns spot at Ironman World Championship

Summit triathlete achieves lifelong dream, earns spot at Ironman World Championship

Long before dawn breaks over the mountains surrounding Breckenridge, Summit County resident Michelle Lyman pulls into the deserted Breckenridge Recreation Center parking lot. Stepping reluctantly from the warm solace of her car, Lyman begins logging laps under the faint glow of the lot’s overhead lights. It’s the first of several workouts she’ll log that day — often surprising recreation center employees who arrive to open the facility and find …