Next up is #wheresmark aka Mark McLaughlin

Mark started racing motocross when he was 5 years old. His dad would take him to build his race bikes and they traveled to all the races together. Mark raced until he was 28 years old, when we lost my mom to cancer (my heart goes out to him as we all know how important our moms are )

After losing his mom Mark lost the desire to race motocross, he was cycling with his bother a bit but missed competing. That same year his brother’s sister-in-law raced Augusta 70.3, Mark told him how cool it would be to do a triathlon, but that he was too big for that. At the time Mark weighed about 275lbs. He encouraged Mark to do one, so in 2019 Mark raced Augusta 70.3 and the feeling he had after crossing the finish line was something he had never quite experienced, the pure happiness of accomplishing something that seemed impossible. Mark has since continued to lose weight, hitting the 100lbs lost milestone. (Way to go, Mark!) He also raced seven 70.3 races, the most recent being Chattanooga 70.3 just a week ago where he broke 6 hours for the first time.

Mark really enjoys the sprint distance as well as 70.3’s. The next races Mark is planning on doing are the Sommer Sports Summer Tri Series and Clash Daytona 70.3 in December. We all love training with you Mark and have loved watching you crush your goals. Keep it up. Thank you for being on the G3 Board and for being such a great athlete and friend to us all.