Meet Tristan Pike!
Name: Tristan Pike
Age: 30
Occupation: Partner Manager at Bonterra Tech
Years doing triathlon? 12 (oh gosh!)
First Triathlon? New Bern YMCA sprint Triathlon
Your favorite triathlon? Beach to Battleship/IMNC 70.3! Wilmington holds a special place in my heart as my first half and first sub 5
Meal the night before race? Margherita Pizza, baby!
Race Nutrition? On the bike I use my own mix of maltodextrin, fructose and sodium citrate (any slowtwitch readers out there? IYKYK), on the run it’s SIS gels
Favorite Motivational Training Song? Honestly, whatever I’ve been listening to on repeat recently, usually some flavor of alt rock/pop punk
Favorite mantra? Don’t aim to be consistently great. Aim to be great at being consistent. – Steve Magness
Key Workout? I like a medium to long run with some tempo bits.
Best Triathlon training or racing tip? Enjoy the process, master the basics (eating, sleeping, moving consistently)
Triathlon literature or other sources of information? Anything from Steve Magness and Brad Stulberg, That Triathlon Life for entertainment value
Who inspires you? All the triathlon moms out there, I don’t have kids yet but seeing all these moms from Chelsea Sodaro to TTT moms, training day in and day out, winning races, gives me hope I can stay in this sport in the long term post kids
Future goal or bucket list race? After over a decade doing 70.3s maybe I should do a full sometime 😅
If you see Tristan, be sure to congratulate her on being our AOM!