REBROADCAST-Camille Baptiste: A Triathlete Who Has Vowed To Keep The Fun In Racing. Fitness + Friends = Fun

Where did the fun go? Have you ever felt that you did not fit in when participating in a triathlon or other  sporting event? You are not alone.

Camille Baptiste  Chief Race Architect and Fun Director the brains  behind Swim, Bike, Run Fun Events. When  Camile no longer had joy in  training for the races, she knew something had to change.

As she looked to bring her love of triathlons back, she began planning  fun races for women where community overrides competition. She created  a safe space for women who love endurance sports and need fun with friends too! Something that is much needed.

She is a mother, wife, entrepreneur and all-around fun person who loves to laugh, dance, swim, bike, run, hike, and mentor those to achieve their goals in entrepreneurship, multi-sports and cycling. 

We discuss how she started running, why she started her business, her life-changing injury and the importance of injecting fun in all  events.

Episode Highlights: 

• Playing Double Dutch 
• How she got into endurance sports
• What triathlons and sports mean to her
• Learning to ride the bike past the age of 30
• Falling out of love with triathlons
• How Swim, Bike, Run Fun Events was born
• A life-changing injury 
• Her favorite races and future plans

Guest Bio 

Camile Baptistse is the Chief Race Architect  Fun Director behind Swim, Bike, Run Fun Events. She is a  wife, mother, and all-around person who loves to laugh, dance, swim, bike, run, hike, and mentor those around me to achieve their goals in entrepreneurship, multisport, and cycling.

Camile fell in love with triathlons. She  had to learn to ride a bike in the backyard with bubble wrap and swim with floaties. Every training session, every race - they all prepared her to be a better athlete, a better professional, a better mentor, a better parent and an overall better person. Triathlon and endurance racing progressed  from a hobby to a way of life.

Camile has competed in hundreds of races and events ranging from obstacle courses to running, triathlon, cycling, duathlons, and aquabikes, and she enjoyed all distances up to 70.3. The rush of crossing the finish line of a triathlon, duathlon, aquabike, or splash and dash is real! Unlike any other.

 

Suffering from an injury necessitating major surgery in 2020, as well as two years of rehab and limited full use of her legs, she found herself on the couch rehabbing and designing races, planning cycling routes for clubs, and making sure that at the finish lines athletes  enjoy and have fun at local events.

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