Updated at 12:29 p.m., Friday, October 12, 2007

Hawaii 'Bachelor' takes on Ironman tomorrow

Advertiser Staff

The Ford Ironman World Triathlon Championships tomorrow will be Andy Baldwin's last race before he deploys to the Persian Gulf in January. Advertiser file photo

The reality star of last season's "The Bachelor," Andy Baldwin, will be at the starting line of the Ford Ironman World Triathlon Championships tomorrow in Kailua, Kona

Baldwin, 30, is currently employed as a U.S. Navy lieutenant and serves as an undersea medical officer for a special operations dive unit stationed in Pearl Harbor. He's also an accomplished triathlete with six Ironman finishes already under his belt. This will be his last race before he deploys to the Persian Gulf in January.

A four-time finisher at the Ford Ironman World Championship, this year Baldwin will race to raise money through his nonprofit initiative, www.got-your-back.org to support the families of servicemen and women killed in the Iraq war.