1> What is TriathlonTeam.org?

Triathlon Team (triathlonteam.org) is a team of ten triathletes.

2> For what purpose was it created?

It is a team made to stimulate and help collaboration and teamwork between triathletes, sponsors, partners, friends and the audience. It is not only for the ten triathletes but it is centered about them.

The Team is also about and includes all the people who are behind these ten athletes – starting from sponsors to guys who help out with home stay. Everybody does something and this helps triathletes in many ways. Also it is for the audience, for fans around the world so they can learn and teach everybody else in the team, so they all communicate better. This is why we try to use Internet as much as time and energy allows.

3> Who are the athletes and what is their involvement with the site / team?

Aleksandar Sorensen is Danish Ironman PRO and coach, he likes sweets a lot.

Conrad Stoltz is South African three time XTERRA World Champion and one of the most legendary triathletes around, likes potatoes.

Dan Hugo is a young South African XTERRA triathlete, grew up on a wine farm.

Dejan Patrcevic is Croatian Ironman PRO, loves his house on island of Hvar.

Fraser Cartmell is Scottish Ironman 70.3 PRO slowly going towards full
Ironman distance, super fast biker.

Gavin Noble is Irish ITU Elite Triathlete. Igor Nastic is a Swiss Ironman age-grouper and an artist, loves jam.

Igor Nastic is Swiss Ironman age-grouper and an artist, he has no training plan, just goes by the feel.

Lesley Paterson is a Scottish film producer and writer, living in San Diego, who just won silver in XTERRA World Championship, is too diverse to explain in a few words.

Lisa Norden is Swedish ITU Elite Triathlete, always smiling.

Will Clarke is British ITU Elite Triathlete, U-23 World Champion.

There is a Triathlon Team guide for 2010 which includes 4 main points of the team membership:

1) help yourself

2) help other team members

3) help triathlon team partners (sponsors etc)

4) promote the triathlon team brand

“Help” and “promote” are vague; many times it is about support, friendship, advice, ideas, creativity… What is seen online is only a small part of it.

4> What are the future plans of Triathlon Team? Or perhaps, what is the Vision of Triathlon Team?

There are practical goals like increase of visits, registrations which
equals more and higher quality popularity for Triathlon Team triathletes, partners etc… Also standardizing products and services for everybody which should result in higher profit. Organizing stuff. But it is all a positive kind of a mess. There is no real clear vision. It is important there is no pressure, that it is fun and without any real requirements. I think everybody wants it to feel like friends going out for a drink rather than some kind of work, we too want it this way, so this is how it is. This is the main goal. Work little, increase results, have fun. It is about having a good lifestyle.

5> Is there anything really important you would like the world to know about Triathlon Team?

We think people need to give it a chance and it is not easily understood. We do not try to advertise aggressively and explain what it is about. This is why interviews like this are a good chance to explain what it is. It is not about websites, it is about the relationship between all the people who are part of this sport.

Triathlon Team is not a commercial project, it is a loose group of people who are for some reason interested in this silly sport and somehow it all happens. I have been involved in the team as a partner for a while now and for me too it is all a mystery. I think it will always be like this.

Just give it a chance and interact. Do not get disappointed if you do not get what you want from the Triathlon Team immediately. It is not a business or a service. It is just few people doing some weird stuff centered around a strange sport. Surely there is more money or other stuff somewhere else, but what connects everybody is interest in triathlon and this is what makes it a team

The website started out with just one Pro Triathlete – Dan Hugo – and has since grown to eight Online Pro Triathletes.

Wait, make that TEN! Lesley Paterson and Lisa Norden have just recently joined the team as the first representatives of the opposite sex (the guys better watch out there, Lesley has a passion for “beating the boys“!). Work is still being done on developing their brands but I’m sure you’ll see their logos up soon!

All the logos posted here were custom-designed for each of the athletes after working 1-on-1 with each of them. The ultimate goal is for the athletes to gain exposure and be able to brand and market themselves effectively. The site has become a hub for all the athletes’ pages and almost a bit of a “playground” for the athletes to share the lighter side of being a pro and to interact with each other.

After a recent interview with Conrad Stoltz I approached Triathlon Team and they suggested I interview everyone on the Team. So I did!

Triathlon is truly a great sport and who better to tell us about it than the people whose lives revolve around it! So over the next few weeks you’ll be reading interviews from each of the Triathlon Team Triathletes up here along with plenty of pictures and links for each of the athletes.

Over to you! Do you know of any other unique Triathlete characters that should join the team? Or perhaps of a really great athlete that isn’t getting noticed as much as they should? Let us know what you think!