[TO BE CONTINUED] I’m a strong believer that the best way to get to know someone is through the struggles of physical activity. Starting with the years of triathlon training, Lee was the training partner that kick-started my love for the sport. Without him, I would never have signed myself up for such an event like the Half-Ironman 70.3 in Austin years ago. During that time, I spent more time with him than I did with my own girlfriend (now wife). Those long hours of training is where I truly learned what it meant to put in work for the things you want. Because of that, we have become the best of friends that are currently going through the toughest training of all … being a parent. Regardless of how we parent, our goals are still the same. We want to raise our children the best way we know how to, so that when they enter the world independently, they will be fully equipped to handle anything they encounter. We also recognize that we can’t do it alone. We can’t succeed in life without the connections we have with our friends and families. Through those relationships, we understand how wrong we can be, and that can prevent us from equipping our children the wrong way. That’s why we are still in each other’s lives – to continue to learn from each other and challenge each other.