>> being a little prngs we grow up a lot with people telling us you can't do that, you're too small. we can't do that, you're too short. i want to show that any other person who's short statured, if they want to do something battle enough, they can prepare and do it. the ironman is a 2 p.4-mile ope swim, bike ride followed by a full marathon, 26.2 miles of running. no one with dwarfism has ever done a full ironman. i will be the first. >> it's been wonderful to watch him keep going and moving. >> it's been a big motivation for me. showed me that even dwarfs can do many things that average-sized people can. >> when i did the boston 2014 marathon and wasn't able to finish due to illness, i was upset. he said, sometimes you're the hammer, and sometimes you're the nail. that day i was the nail. now it's my chance to be the hammer. >> paddle, brother! >> crossing that finish line is