I thought I was an older beginner in triathlon until I met Andrea...

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I was matched with Andrea on the Mixed Team Relay in Irving in early May, and it was fairly humbling. I am used to think of myself as an achiever, starting triathlons at 60, completing a half ironman, placing at nationals, being part of Team USA etc. All this because I was lucky to be able to retire at 60.

Andrea will be 76 in 2022 and she started triathlon training at 72. 

She completed a half ironman at 74.

I thought I was tough to do three events on consecutive days on the multisport festival; Andrea did 5 and placed on the podium in most of them.

She is still working full time as a data scientist.

By the way, I noticed that she earned a master's in data analytics at 68, that on top of a long and distinguished career in health care.

Hats off to you and way to go Andrea!



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