Welcome to Tri To Change!

Hello Blogosphere!

My name is Marc and I became involved in the wonderful sport of triathlon in January 2009. I was looking to challenge myself physically and triathlon was something I had wanted to try for a few years. I played soccer and lacrosse from when I was a kid through high school, but left it behind me when I went to college in 2006. For two and a half years I didn't really do anything athletic and started missing sports. My uncle has done triathlons since I was a kid so I've always known about the sport and in 2007 I watched the NBC broadcast of the Ford Ironman World Championships and was inspired by Brian Boyle to try the sport. A little over a year later in January 2009 I started training. I swam, ran and biked as much as possible over the next 7 months and participated in my first super-sprint triathlon in August 2009. I was immediately hooked and competed in two duathlons during the fall of 2009, one in April 2010 and another super-sprint triathlon in April 2010.

This season, my main race is the Mighty Hamptons Olympic Triathlon in September 2010. I've created this blog to chronicle the lead up to this race and share what I go through in preparation. I've decided to do this race in support of an amazing company called BULA. Better Understanding of Life in Africa, is a Long Island based non-profit who strives for providing a better life for children in Africa. They have started a new project of building a school in Uganda and I will be raising money to contribute to this project. If you would like to donate you can click here.

Triathlon is a wonderful sport and through it we all can help those who are less priviledged and TRI TO CHANGE the world!