Jeffrey Ku

My wife started training for Santa Barbara 2007, at the time I wasn't interested at all, but I was in full support of her reaching her goals. What really inspired me was being a spectator at the Santa Barbara race and watching the challenged athletes conquer the long course. It was truly an amazing experience to witness their passion, desire, and relentless energy to not give up. Couple that with seeing my wife's excitement after reaching her goal, I decided to give tri's a shot. My first race was the Mission Bay Triathlon in late fall of 2007 and from that point on I became hooked. I moved up in distance to Olympic racing in 2008 and even competed at the Santa Barbara long course that year. It was so gratifying to complete that event that had I watched in awe the year prior. I moved up to the Half Iron distance in 2009, with my first race being Oceanside 70.3, and somehow through a lot of hard work and a bit of good fortune, obtained a slot to Foster Grant at Clearwater in November. I'm so excited to have the opportunity to race there. Lots of hard work still ahead for me this year and lots of racing!