Writestream Tuesday: Against The Wind with Lee DiPietro

The Heart Healer Radio

Lee DiPietro was born in Beverly, MA on April 11, 1958. She is the middle daughter of 5 girls and grew up in Long Island NY. As a child she developed a love for sports, playing field hockey basketball and lacrosse in school and during the summer played tennis and swam for her local club teams. In college, she played lacrosse for Boston University. After graduating in 1980, she married her husband Lee (yes same first name) DiPietro and moved back to Long Island in 1981. Their first son, Tim was born in 1983 and Lee juggled a part time career of interior decorating and motherhood. in April of 1985, Lee was introduced to the world of running when her sister encouraged her to run the last 10 miles of The Boston Marathon with her. The cheers of the spectators and the thrill of running on that famous course reignited her thirst for competition. The following November Lee ran her first race ever, running in The NYC Marathon. Without any formal training, Lee struggled to finish in four and a half hours, then vowed to run again. Her second son, Cryder, was born in 1987. Lee prided herself on first being a good mom and wife and second being an outstanding triathlete. She was a nationally ranked age group triathlete, competing in several World Championships before eventually committing to race in the 1994 Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. In that race, in her first ironman competition, she won her age group and finished 17th overall among the women In September 2015, Lee published her first book, Against The Wind. In this memoir, she tells her story of her family’s incredible life threatening ordeals in 2010 and how her career as a runner and triathlete taught her and her family to face obstacles they thought beyond their means.