Tomorrow morning I fly out to Colorado Springs for the final race in this summer's Elite Development Series. The series was designed to give domestic racers the chance to race draft-legal bike format and for a select few to qualify for their professional license. A professional license marks an athlete as a "Pro triathlete" and gives them the right to enter professional races.
This event has been the focal point of all of my training both this year and for the whole of my participation in the sport of triathlon. As I prepare mentally this week, I've been thinking back on all of the people who have played key roles in my development and those who have helped my get my life on track for this lofty goal. I wanted to take this blog post to pay them respect, because without these key players, there is absolutely no way I would be where I am today.
Julie O'Toole
Bart Walsh
Grant Salada
Matt Berg
Bryant Howard
Mom & Dad
Katie Finn
Tom Weltcheck
Jonathan Christ
There are many many more people who have contributed that I did not list here. The list is so long, I would miss my plane tomorrow morning if I tried to type it all out :) Thank you all for believing in me and taking the time to put your time and effort into my life, I will race this weekend with all my heart to make that time count.
-Eric
