Explore Your Limits
Exploring an interest always pushes a person out of their comfort zone, whether it is learning astrophotography, how to fly or sail, or the distinctive song of a Golden Swamp Warbler. But sometimes the thing you take an interest in is your own body. At least, that is the case for Scott Rountree.
“When I was younger, I did not see myself as an athlete,” Scott says. But as he edged closer to 50, he decided he didn’t like what he was seeing in the mirror. He began working out with his wife, Jackie, and doing “a tiny bit of running,” but he didn’t really like it. Still, they kept doing it and became volunteers with a weekly timed 5K running group (Joe Creason parkrun), where Scott would sometimes compete.
“I still didn’t like running; I don’t like running now,” he says. “But all of this started by falling in love with the results and the discipline of the process.”
Eventually, Scott and Jackie decided to participate in what he calls “group suffering,” also known as a half marathon. He went on to do two full marathons, one in Montana and another in Indiana. By the end of that year, Scott signed up for his first “sprint” triathlon in Oldham County, where he won in his age group. In August 2025, he competed in Iron Man 70.3 Louisville, then followed up with another triathlon in Augusta, Georgia, a month later.
“It’s remarkable what you can actually accomplish over time,” he says.
By Carrie Vittitoe | Photos submitted
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