LBI Tri Club Provides Guidance, Camaraderie for Racers in Traditionally Individual Sport

When 35-year-old endurance coach Tommy Craig was first dating the woman who would later be his wife, she entered the Long Beach Island Triathlon. Craig was a lifelong athlete and figured he’d join her. He was a runner; he’d lifeguarded since he was 16. And how hard could it be to race a bike?

“She wiped up the floor with me,” he said with a chuckle. “I didn’t know what I was getting into.”