Pack Profiling – David Britt

My son took up triathlon as his summer sport at secondary school. The school coach encouraged parents to also get involved in competition and I decided to give it a go.

– Completing Ironman Melbourne in 2015 – Finishing second in my age group in the Triathlon Victoria State Series in 2019/2020 – Finally beating my teenage son in a triathlon. I beat him by the slender margin of 1 sec, but I knew I was knocking on the door of a win, when he beat me by the same margin in the previous race.

I love the structure that it gives to my life. It forces me to be very organised and disciplined to fit in the training around a busy professional life. I love the multi-sport nature of the training which keeps it interesting by requiring you to try and master so many different skills. This also helps to even-out the wear a tear on the body which I hope will help to increase my longevity in the sport. I have also found triathlon to have a much higher level of camaraderie that most other mass participation sports.

To eventually be able to compete in Kona before the end of my triathlon career

I was given the nickname Dave One Speed by the members of the Windy Hill Running Group after they observed my ability to maintain a similar pace running uphill as I maintained on the flat.