2020 Member Spotlight – Susan Ariel Aaronson
How did you get involved in triathlons? I had done a sprint triathlon in the early 1990s. After my mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, I felt like I needed....
2020 Member Spotlight – Roy Waters
How did you get involved in triathlons? Triathlon at first was a “climb the mountain, I’m gonna do this once,” LOL. I had always watched Kona Championships for years, and....
2020 Member Spotlight – Jin Bae
What was your first triathlon? Brambleton sprint. I trained with Bikeshare bikes and rented a bike on race day. Blew out my lungs in the swim and hyperventilated through the....
2020 Member Spotlight – Liz Westbrook
How did you get involved in triathlons? In 2012 I was getting into running and taking spin class a lot. Some friends from spin convinced me to come do a....
2020 Member Spotlight – Kyle Washburn
How did you get involved in triathlons? I was in elementary school when I first learned about triathlons. My PE teacher recommended I do an Ironkids event. While I was....
Brian O’Donnell on Zwift
How did you get into Zwift? I first started doing Zwift this off season (around October 2019). I had switched to indoor mode for the winter and I was having....
2020 Member Spotlight – Marisa Harrington
How did you get involved in triathlons? I talked with a stranger at Birchmere one night. The bar was out of Kona beer and he said “oh, maybe because today....
2020 Member Spotlight – Megan Tuncer
How did you get involved in triathlons? I was a pretty competitive soccer player up until college. After a combination of injuries and burnout my freshman year, I decided....
2020 Member Spotlight – Alyssa Morrison
How did you get into coaching? After a first career rehabbing oft-injured athletes as an occupational therapist, I made the transition into coaching to better help athletes minimize injury and....
2020 Member Spotlight – Brian Lee
How did you get involved in triathlons? In the summer of 2017, I had recently moved back to the DC area and started a new job. With all of the....
2020 Member Spotlight – Courtney Waltimyer
How did you get involved in triathlons? After training for my first (and supposed to be only) marathon, I passed Nations Tri on Ohio Drive, while athletes checked in their....
2020 Member Spotlight – Joseph Fengler
How did you get involved in triathlons? In the fall of 2017, I read a book, Fast Track Triathlete – Balancing a Big Life with Big Performance in Long-Course Triathlon,....
Liz Baugher on The Weather
Can you tell us what you do for work? I am a degree’d Meteorologist and have worked most of my time in research on ice clouds. Now I work for....
2020 Member Spotlight – Sheldon Roberts
How did you get involved in triathlons? Honestly, I had never even heard of Triathlon until a few years ago. Funnily enough, I met a girl who was into endurance....
2020 Member Spotlight – Kevin Bickard
How did you get involved in triathlons? I grew up running and swimming on school teams but I didn’t have a road bike or start seriously riding until 2017 when....
2020 Member Spotlight – Chelsey Berlin
How did you get involved in triathlons? I think it all dates back to a hip issue that was discovered and diagnosed when I started running frequently in 2012. On....
Amanda Melillo on SwimRun
How did you get into SwimRun? I love swimming and used to do a lot of trail running when I lived in upstate NY. SwimRun gave me a great opportunity....
2020 Member Spotlight – Brian O’Donnell
How did you get involved in triathlons? I had been a competitive swimmer since I was eight years old but I took a break from the sport after I graduated....
2020 Member Spotlight – Ali Davis and Joseph Cafferata
How did you get involved in triathlons? Joe: I used to work with Dena Richardson, who was a member of the club, and biked on her Fall Colors Ride from....
2020 Member Spotlight – Emily-Anne Patt
What was your first triathlon? Nations Tri in 2012(?). That one time the swim wasn’t cancelled. What is the biggest mistake you’ve made in a triathlon? I definitely got a....