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MY STORY:
Bob has always been competitive in whatever he does. Be it work or triathlon, Bob has always strived to do his best. He managed somehow to survive his younger years while riding and racing motorcycles and cars. During middle school and high school was when Bob started running competitively on the track team. During college he took up hang gliding and actually lost his wedding band, on his honeymoon, in a crash off of Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga! Fortunately for Bob after the crash his wife, Sylvia, decided to say she would stay married to Bob and they’ve been together for thirty-two years. Bob and his wife have two children, Grant and Chelsea, who are both happily married and out of the “nest”, which gives Bob more time to train!
Bob never gave triathlon much of a thought until competing in a 5K race at Callaway Gardens, which also had a triathlon. After finishing the 5K Bob was cooling off and saw all of these people coming in from the swim leg into transition and leaving on the bike. It looked interesting so he stuck around to see the end. After witnessing his first tri Bob decided to enter the next one. He borrowed a bike from Golden’s Bike Shop in town, and started swimming at the local pool. In his first race he didnt even place in the small sprint tri but was hooked! That was in 1996 and Bob had been racing ever since.
Although Bob enjoys biking and swimming, running has always been a passion for him. If he can run he can work through about any problem. As a lot of runners will agree, it’s a meditation. |