I am a full time Professional Triathlete, dedicated to becoming the best multi-sport athlete that I can be.  Triathlon is a grueling sport that requires you to balance the perfect mix of swimming, cycling, and running to be as strong and fast as possible. 

Competing world-wide over nine months of the year,  I have traveled as far as South Africa, Israel, Greece, Australia, and New Zealand gaining experience and learning about other cultures and myself along the way.    Through the 2007 and early 2008,  I focused on the International Triathlon Union governed World Cup races in order to earn enough points to be eligible for the 2008 US Olympic Trials events.  The ITU races are comprised of 1.5k swim, 40k drafting bike, and 10k run.   After the  2008 trials were completed, I raced in my first 70.3 event and competed in the many of non-drafting Olympic distance races. in the Lifetime Fitness series.  For the rest of the 2008 season, I plan to race the last two world cups and end my season with the 70.3 world championships in November. 

In 2009, I reached a long time goal and won the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon.  In addition, I was happy to come back and repeat my 2nd place performance at the 70.3 world championships.  I also had my best finish on the world cup season, finishing the world series races ranked 35th in the world.   

In the next few years, I look forward to pursuing a variety of races from the ITU format to 70.3 and hope to excel in all the multi-sport events.  In addition, I hope to contend for opportunity the 2012 US Olympic team slots.  After that, I think the Ironman might come calling.


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