
Collegiate Recruit Blog
Erik Armes had put his triathlon dreams to the back-burner, but a 10-day triathlon skills camp at the OTC lit his fire.
Something I have always struggled with is embracing uncertainty. Even when I was a little kid I always wanted to know exactly what an experience was going to entail before it occurred.
Now that I’ve graduated, I’m ready to return to the sport I loved most growing up — triathlon!
The lead up to racing makes me nervous. I don't mind this though, because I know that being nervous is a sign from my mind and body that I understand the magnitude of the event to come.
Throughout my swimming and running careers, people would always say, “Hey, Keeghan. You should really try a triathlon.”
I had never truly left the United States before. I have walked across the bridge at Niagara Falls to eat at the Hard Rock Café in Canada, but that doesn't really count.
The CRP Resident Program has been here in Australia for about four weeks and will stay here until the end of March.
For the past two and a half years in the sport of triathlon, I found myself both literally and holistically in a state of ‘taking my time and hurrying up.’
The move away from California officially ended my tenure with USA Triathlon’s Olympic Development Program (aka Collegiate Recruitment Resident Program), so I am now officially a developed triathlete and ‘graduate’ of the CRP. I am incredibly appreciative of the past two years of support from USA Triathlon.
Around this time last year, Dan Arnett and the Endurance Concepts team began to set up a training plan to transform me from a runner into a triathlete.
This year, though, I was fortunate enough to qualify to compete at the ITU Age Group Standard World Championships in Cozumel, Mexico. With a field made up of the top age-group athletes from their respective countries, I anticipated this race being a fantastic opportunity to test my abilities and, hopefully, walk away with a best personal result.