All Four of my children are now through college. Stephanie didn't play sports but was a dancer so we did the dance scene while she grew up and even went to college for dancing. Today with two children both into travel soccer in Wake Forest. Her husband works for the RailHawks in the youth programs so her family is soccer 24 hours a day.
Amy played softball and ran cross country in high school but was never a serious competitor. This year she had her first child and works for Wake Med and the YMCA of Wake County where she specialized in health care. Her husband is a banker in Raleigh and loves those Demon Deacons.
Morgan found out early that she had a health condition that she would not be able to play sports so she took part as manager for at one time or other during her high school days, football, basketball, volleyball, softball. She even went to Campbell on a partial scholarship being the manager of the Campbell Volleyball team. Now looking for a job in sports management but working for the fourth summer with the Rocky Mount Parks and Rec.
Brooks ran cross country, track and field and tennis during his high school career, Joined the N C State Mountain bike team in college and spent his first six years in coastal management until bitten
by the coaching bug. He has started from nothing in Triathlon coaching and his company All Out
Multi Sports has a equipment sponsor that provides all his athletes with any clothing needed just like all others athletes have in college of pro.
He has the ability to tell others how to swim, run and ride a bike better. He coaches all ages from doctors to teenagers. A recent race he had seven athletes running in five age groups and all seven finished first or second or third in their age group. Top three get up to the podium to receive a metal. He has caught the attention of other athletes wanting to know how they can be better.
Brooks is in the midst of conducting a camp that he is coaching at the United State Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs Co. The top U23 Tri athletes from the United States will be working with him. U 23 is the future athletes who one day might bring home gold for the US in Triathlon events. On the world stage the US is way behind others so they are working hard with our best in the nation under 23.
A typical work day is 4000 meter swim in the morning. Two to three hour bike ride midday and a 5-8 mile run in the evening. If you saw the Olympic swimming trials that were on TV just a week ago those swimmers that are on the Rio team are there every day but will be leaving shortly to go to Rio to adjust to the seas level breathing compared to Colorado Springs 5,000 foot elevation.
One day this week he took his athletes to Pike's Peak which is 12 miles from the Training Center. Whether you run or ride a bike Pike's Peak is a killer. The start is 9,390 above sea level and at the top 14,115 feet. It is 12.42 miles to the top. The grade upward averages 7 degrees and at max is 10 degrees. It seems as if you are going straight up. There are 156 turns on the way.
I have three pictures. The first is his security badge to get into the training center. One of two full size Olympic Pools at the the training center and the third Brooks working with his athletes on their bikes.
