I was a competitive swimmer growing up then played water polo in HS and College. After college, I became very serious in Master's Swimming and ended up racing a lot of pool and open water swims. After doing a number of 10K swims (USS and USMS) and two international ultra distance swims (25K in Germany and 25 miles in Argentina) I was a bit burned out on swimming. I had a number of friends that we doing Triathlons at the time so after my last race at master's nationals that year (1996) I did my first run. Three months later I did Alcatraz as my first Tri, then wildflower 70.3 a year later. After a few years of racing, we started raising a family, so I stopped racing. My wife and I then decided to do a couple of 70.3s a decade ago. We both still workout multiple sports, but rarely do any races.