Luis De La Torre is a Kailua-Kona repairman, and he worked on a job in East Hawaii the night before winning the 2nd annual Hilo Triathlon on Sunday.
In fact, De La Torre couldn’t celebrate long after posting a time of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 39 seconds in the 1.5-kilometer swim, 40k bike and 10k run event at James Kealoha Beach Park.
He still had more work to do before heading home. He was on the job until 10 p.m. Saturday and woke up early on race day Sunday morning.
It was all in a day’s work for De La Torres, 47, who started competing as 16-year-old and figures he’s done close to 500 events.