I have been an athlete since starting as an age group swimmer at age 7. I continued swimming and added running and other sports as I went through middle and high school. I road bikes throughout my youth and bought my first real road bike in the mid 80's. After running many 5K and 10K road races, I added triathlons in 2006. I started with sprint races and kept adding longer and longer events until I completed Ironman Florida in 2009. I also added coaching runners and triathletes and officiating track and field and triathlons.