Teaching is an endurance sport: it rewards people who are committed for the long haul. While Charlotte Latin School teachers demonstrate that persistence every day in the classroom, fifth grade teacher Jen Keith went the extra mile (or more precisely, the extra 140.6 miles) on September 21 when she won her division at the Ironman Maryland race. 🥇 “I do it to find the best in myself,” she said after the race. “I want to be a good influence and an inspiration for the kids in the classroom, to challenge them to challenge themselves.” Keith has been running in Ironman events for the past decade, but her Maryland victory was the first time she ever won a division. Her victory qualifies her to compete in the Ironman world championship in October 2025 in Hawaii: she reported that her students were proud of her but disappointed that the championship race in Kona would happen next year, after they had moved on to sixth grade. 🏃‍♀️ An Ironman race is a triathlon event, combining a 2.4-mile s...