PACK Profiling – Special Edition – Kevin Collington

I was a swimmer growing up and one day a couple of swimmers on my team decided they wanted to do the Disney Triathlon Olympic Distance as a relay. Obviously all of us could swim, only one of us had a bike, and I was known on the swim team as the only swimmer with any semblance of running ability. I didn’t know anything about pacing, though – I ran a couple of 3:20 Kms and then blew up and finished the last 8km at 5 min+ pace. It was fun, though, so I bought a bike and started doing races myself after that.

70.3 Pro Pan-American Champion in 2017. Not only because of the result and the title but because it was the best race I had ever put together in my whole career from a swim/bike/run execution standpoint.

I’m happy to have made a career out of triathlon. I still have a few more years as a pro but it’s been an absolute blast traveling the world racing. From a health standpoint it’s also been nice avoiding the usual Collington family health issues – quite a few of us with Type 2 diabetes.

Win Kona!

Since I run around in spandex for a living most people don’t know that I have a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (which I have never used / had a job in the field).