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Age: 45 Profession: Jack of all Trades Master of None…entrepreneur/angel Why you chose FCC to help you on your triathlon/health and wellness journey? By pure chance and a great fortune! What is your “A” race for this season? Miami Man – November Int’l Triathlon. Please share your BIG goals: Do a Full Ironman® by the time I am 50 yrs old. Tell me about your successes so far:  What were some of your biggest Improvements in performance for the each of the following? Swim: Bike: Run: Nutrition/Health: Please include any Personal Records and Goals achieved: One year ago I smoked, was overweight, and was very stressed with a new start-up.  On June 30, 2017, I decided that health and family life was to be my focus going forward, so that day I smoked my last cigarette as my family and I started a long overdue family vacation.  After 2 weeks of smoking detox, I felt I needed a “carrot” to keep me from smoking so I signed up for a sprint triathlon (Key West Tri).  The idea being that the training would keep me from smoking.  So I googled a Tri Training Plan for newbies and joined Erinne’s Swim Masters class in October of 2017, later to realize I needed a team to train with so I joined Full Circle in December.  It only took a running evaluation by Coach Erinne in December, to get me running a 5k without stopping/walking and I was hooked on Full Circle and Tri Training. I consider doing and finishing the Las Olas Sprint Tri a huge success and I now have a benchmark to beat on future sprints planned for the year.  Another big success so far, is completing a 5k race this weekend without walking with a PR of 27:10! Swim – I am swimming faster and longer than ever;  Bike – from never riding a road bike (I didn’t know how/why to use bike gears) to a 19.1 mph average in Las Olas Sprint Tri;  Run – from the KB Lighthouse Run 5k time of 31:05 (run/walk) to the Patches 5k time of 27:10 (PR) without walking!!! On the Health/Nutrition side I am still smoke free, did Erinne’s prescribed “Gut Cleanse” in January and have lost 10 lbs since October of last year.  In terms of biggest Goal achieved – finishing my first triathlon (Las Olas Sprint) in under 1 hr and 30 min, which I finished in 1 hr 24 min. Name 2 or 3 things that have made the biggest difference in your journey: 1.  Erinne’s evaluations, especially the swimming and running. 2.  The “Gut Cleanse” to start the year. 3.  Training with my new family, the Full Circle Team, which supports, pushes and encourages you to get better and faster while still having fun. What excites you the most about being involved in triathlon? Being called an “athlete”  🙂 What would you say to another person who was on the fence about joining our training program? “Just do it,” it will change your life for the better.

Age: 36 Profession: Management Consultant Why you chose FCC to help you on your triathlon/health and wellness journey? I chose FCC because Erinne offers a holistic approach towards training and helps to prepare yourself to face the challenges that endurance sports represent in a really personalized and tailored way. What is your “A” race for this season? My “A” race was Ironman Augusta 70.3, I decided to sign up for my first Ironman after completing some sprints and I definitely needed to seek help to be ready for this race Please share your BIG goals: My goals have changed as I have progressed in life as triathlete 1.- Learn how to swim – As a late bloomer in swimming my first goal was to shift from “swim to survive” to an average swimmer, I couldn’t swim the length of a pool, now I can swim 1.2 miles with no sweat espcially after I took Erinne’s Swim Essential’s last Spring. 2.- Complete my first half ironman – I did this in Augusta in September 2018, I trained for about 7 months to achieve this goal, I completed my first half in 7 hrs. 3.- Improve my fitness- My fitness was below average before I started training, I could barely run for five minutes. Now I can tell I am in the best shape of my life! Tell me about your successes so far:  What were some of your biggest Improvements in performance for the each of the following? Swim: Bike: Run: Nutrition/Health: Please include any Personal Records and Goals achieved: Name 2 or 3 things that have made the biggest difference in your journey:  1. Swim 400m- 25 min to 9 min, I can swim 1.2 miles and enjoy it 2. Bike 10mi – 39 min to 29 min, ride for more than 60 miles without bonking 3. Run 5K – 47 min to 28 min, running is a part of my life now What excites you the most about being involved in triathlon? Being involved in triathlon and endurance sports enables you to push your limits and rediscover your own boundaries on what you think is possible and the things that you can achieve. It allows you to enter into a deeper connection between your body and mind What would you say to another person who was on the fence about joining our training program?. This will be a life-changing experience, there are not many things in life that can give a return on investment like this program, the returns are a greater and improved health, increased fitness and the satisfaction of achieving your goals and pushing your limits to new levels are priceless.

Age: 51 years old

Age: 44 Profession: Professor at MDC Why you chose FCC to help you on your triathlon/health and wellness journey? This all started when I won a raffle for a free Ironman 70.3 registration. What a mistake that was! But that set me on a path of challenges, struggles, accomplishments, and success that I never imagined in my wildest dreams. What is your “A” race for this season?  See above Please share your BIG goals:  See above (Although I now am looking forward to new goals for next season, such as competing in a full Ironman or running my first ultra-marathon) Tell me about your successes so far:  If you had told me a year ago that I would complete 6 triathlons this year, including Ironman Miami 70.3, I would have told you that you were nuts! I raced in my first-ever sprint triathlon in April, and completed a 70.3 less than 6 months later. What were some of your biggest Improvements in performance for each of the following? Swim: Bike: Run: Nutrition/Health: Please include any Personal Records and Goals achieved: A year ago, I couldn’t swim one length of the pool. Now I can say that I swam 1.2 miles in the ocean. Obviously that didn’t happen overnight. The FCC training program kept me focused on my goals.

Name 2 or 3 things that have made the biggest difference in your journey: 1. Having a support group of like-minded athletes (“crazy people”) who are training alongside you and holding you accountable 2. Working with a coach who frequently checks in on you and knows your personal goals and abilities and pushes you to reach beyond your limits. 3. Establishing a set of short, medium, and long-term goals outlined by your coach to keep you motivated throughout the season What excites you the most about being involved in triathlon?  Coming into triathlon as “just a runner” I now have confidence in myself to go after goals that I used to think were impossible.  What would you say to another person who was on the fence about joining our training program? If you want to see your entire life transformed in a few short months, do it!