January 20, 2016
by Megan Evoe How IRONMAN and Life Time Fitness’ 2016 Commit to Tri winner went from scoffing at nutty triathletes to jumping in with both feet. It wasn’t so long ago that Chicago-based triathlete, Todd Walbert, was in the “triathletes are nuts” camp. When riding solo along lake Michigan became boring, however, he decided to scope out Live Grit, a new triathlon shop in his neighborhood, and inquire about the group riding schedule. “I only intended to ride bikes with these clearly disturbed, but friendly athletes,” he recalls. It wasn’t long of course until Walbert, a former high school swimmer, […]