2019 Member Spotlight – Loraine Heckenberg
What inspired you to do the Tour d’Afrique? The Tour D’Afrique has been a dream of mine since I found out about it around nine years ago. Africa is a....
2019 Member Spotlight – Ethan Lish
How did you get involved in triathlon? My start was through the DCTri NTP program. It was an excellent mechanism to move from runner to a triathlete What was your....
2019 Member Spotlight – Jan Bauer
What was your first triathlon? My first triathlon was a sprint in Virginia. The swim was in an indoor pool because I have serious OWS fear that I’ve mostly learned....
2019 Member Spotlight – Allison Nordberg
How did you get involved in triathlon? I came from a running background, but refused to run anything longer than 200 meters in high school, until I finally started doing....
2019 Member Spotlight – Rebecca Auyer
What type of off road cycling do you do? This year I tried my first mountain bike races. I have a gravel race and a gravel crit coming up in....
2019 Member Spotlight – Hernando Herrera
How did you get involved in triathlon? A good friend quit smoking their 2-pack cigarettes and ran a 1/2 marathon about 6 months later. That prompted me to get off....
2019 Member Spotlight – David Jiang
How did you get involved in triathlon? My brother asked me to do the Maryland Duathlon with him although he couldn’t make it the first year so I ended up....
2019 Member Spotlight – Erika Harris
How did you get involved in triathlon? I was introduced to triathlon through my mom and my younger sister. They had done a relay triathlon the previous year, and then....
2019 Member Spotlight – Michele Mintling
How did you get into doing kayak support? It was sort of an accident, really. I met a Spin instructor at my gym who was involved with WaveOne. When he....
2019 Member Spotlight – Glenn Thomas
How did you get involved in triathlon? I started racing triathlons back in 2012 because I wanted really to learn how to swim. I was cycling regularly as well as....
2019 Member Spotlight – Michael Shipp
How did you get involved in triathlons? I initially got involved in triathlons after becoming a member of Team Red, White and Blue. After training with the local Philadelphia chapter....
2019 Member Spotlight – Victor Mccollum
How did you get involved in triathlons? It started as a Bucket List item, more specifically “Complete a triathlon by age 50.” Funny story, I joined a running group to....
2019 Member Spotlight – Martha Huizenga
How did you get involved in triathlons? I was a long distance swimmer in HS and College and started running in college as well. People always said I should do....
2019 Member Spotlight – Sam Cretcher
How did you get involved in triathlons? I did a triathlon relay with classmates during grad school. I did the swim leg. Our team’s results were nothing to write home....
2019 Member Spotlight – Jeff Halper
Dad, business type, Ironman: finding the balance and the fun Life, work, kids, illness, laziness, travel, injury, friends, hangovers … there’s always something. As much as you want to stay....
2019 Member Spotlight – Juene Rader
What made you decide to join NTP (the New Triathlete Program)? A friend who did NTP last year recommended it. So I decided, why not. Did you have any background....
2019 Member Spotlight – Kate Ahrens
How did you get involved in triathlons? I had a boss in my early 20’s who realized I loved running and had been a high school swimmer. He suggested I....
2019 Member Spotlight – Sarah Lifsey
How did you get involved in triathlon? I started running because I wanted to get into better shape and I was very broke. It was the cheapest sport I could....
2019 Member Spotlight – Hugh Harris
How did you get involved in triathlons? When I was in the Army I used to swim and run a lot. A friend suggested that I should do a triathlon....
2019 Member Spotlight – Jules Bilowich
What made you decide to join the New Triathlete Program (NTP)? Last year, I signed up for two “adventure races” on a whim – multisport races where the fourth....