Hello from Grad school! I am honored to join the TM-IOS Elite Triathlon Team for the second year. Having raced for the past 7 year, I truly enjoyed the last year of racing with the team. I am currently enrolled in Duke University Materials Science Engineering Ph.D. Program and the Fuqua Full-Time MBA Program. While at Duke, I am honored to serve as head coach for the Duke Triathlon Club and Duke Cycling team.
My most recent years of racing have been very promising. Last year, I placed 18th overall, 6th amateur in the Rhode Island 70.3. I also qualified for the Ironman World Championship through my 2nd M25-29 Ironman Wisconsin finish (posting the third fastest marathon split of the day).
My training methodologies have developed from the traditional volume-volume-volume approach towards a highly-quality based program. Having previously been coached by Eric Bean, 5th fastest american Kona 2008, I have learned the value and results in high intensity work. Most of all, I enjoy the sport of endurance competition and try to enter as many races and my limited budget can afford.
In all, I enjoy cracking jokes, laughing hard, and I look forward to hard workouts with fellow masochists. Thank you to all the sponsors of the TM-IOS Elite team, I look forward to seeing everyone at the races!
Our very own high-octane Rob Ferris is back for another ETTT year. As you'll see below, he probably doesn't sleep much. And he's also the first person to ever want to do both an MBA and a Ph.D in Engineering at Duke. They simply don't know what to do with somebody with so much GO!
Rob has the talent to turn pro. Now just imagine if he could sleep or train like the pros and he'd be even more lethal! He's incredibly impressive and modest. And he's the master of ceremonies of the team's beer olympics, so beware his party prowess. Work hard. Play harder is Rob's motto.
Qualifying for Kona at IM Canada in 08, Robert hit the lava-laden island in 9:48:54 for his impressive debut there. Not too shabby. But he wants to go back and go faster. No doubt he will.
