Full name:

Brian Matthew Leonard

Nickname:

Leon, Lenny, Leonard, Dr. Brian

DOB:

October 15, 2009

Birth place:

Oneonta, NY

Career:

Business Development Manager, Omniflight Helicopters, Inc

Where do you live (City):

Winter Park, FL

Family Life:

Plenty of family still in the northern tundra of upstate NY, but here in FL it is just me, the furry Maggie and all of my friends that make up my family.

Strongest or Favorite of the Three Events (Swim/Bike/Run):

I am definitely a more terrestrial triathlete and my strongest of the three events is the run for me.

Have you played sports competitively in the past:

I was an active soccer player through my entire childhood and adolescents, as well as basketball, golf and track.

Family sports background:

Most of my siblings played soccer and basketball as well.

Top sports accomplishments:

Completing my first Ironman!!!

Game-day routines/superstitions:

Always take an Ambien the night before a race to make sure I get enough sleep, and find the port-o-jon farthest way from transition because it’s less likely to be as dirty as the closer ones.

My sports fantasy:

Qualify for the Boston Marathon and Kona in my lifetime.

Most influential people on my sports career:

The Central Florida Tri Club and our dynamic coach Hector Torres.

Best Performance (PR’s):
Florida Ironman 11:22:56.  Turkey Trot ’08: 18:14

Favorite local Bike/Running Shops:

Favorite bike shop is Plan B Cycling in Port Orange and Track Shack in Orlando_

Short and Long Term Goals in the Sport of Triathlon:

Focus on my short course races and ultimately race at Kona.

Favorite TV show:

Nip/Tuck

Favorite movies:

Office Space, Dumb and Dumber, Shawshank Redemption, Silence of the Lambs, Hoosiers, and the best sports movie of all time… Rudy.

Person dead or alive I’d like to meet:

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The bard of individualism, he relied on himself, and told us to do the same.

If I could be anybody for a day, I’d be:

I’m happy with myself.

If I could travel in time, I’d go:

Spend more time with my grandfather before he passed.

If I won the lottery, the first thing I’d do:

Pay off my graduate school loans.

Favorite workout:

Track speed workout

Favorite race-day nutrition/food:

Whatever will make me go faster and longer!

Favorite restaurant place:

In Orlando it would be Luma on Park Ave, in my travels it would be a small Churrascaria in Porto Alegre Brazil.

If I could vacation anywhere, it would be:

Somewhere I’ve never been before.

Best things about a Triathlete:

Knowing we do more and go harder by 7 am, that most people will do all week long.