Posted: February 4, 2005

Triathlon: www.ontri.com Grows its Online Triathlon Training Community to over 5,000 Members in its First Year of Operation

Membership for web-based triathlon training community surpasses the (5,000) five thousand mark in ten months

(PRWEB) February 4, 2005 -- ontri.com, Inc., today announced that the web-based triathlon training community has grown its membership to over (5,000) five thousand triathletes in just ten months of operation. Its membership covers all 50 U.S. states and all levels of triathlon enthusiasts, from first-timers to seasoned Ironman champions.

"ontri.com is a place where anyone interested in the sport of triathlon can visit, connect with other athletes, share information and access triathlon training programs and content," said Jon Finegold, founder of ontri.com, Inc. "In addition, ontri.com provides a unique virtual training competition whereby athletes can compete with each other by logging their swimming, cycling and running miles right on the ontri.com web site."

OnTri.com is free to join. Users can create their own club on OnTri.com compete with their training buddies, and share information, training tips, photos, and race results. Visitors to ontri.com can also choose to join one of the many public clubs and connect with thousands of other athletes.

Darcie Leighty of Salem, Oregon joined ontri.com this January and claims it’s already one of her favorite sites. “My sister and I are planning to run our first sprint triathlon together in June. We are both on ontri.com and it’s great motivation to compete against each other’s workout history,” said Leighty. “It also motivates me see the ‘completed’ marks next to my training schedule and not to mention I wouldn't have known where to begin without the training program the site provided. I just love ontri.”

Robert Schuster of Tucson, AZ has been an ontri.com member since the spring of 2004 when the site first launched and last July he won the overall superstars of the month competition logging more miles than any other ontri member. “It’s been fun to watch ontri grow,” says Schuster. “They’re always adding new features, making the site better and it’s simply a great way to add some fun to my training. I’ve invited several of my friends to join and now I compete with them as well as the hundreds of others in my ontri club. I often add extra miles to my swimming, cycling and running workouts just to solidify my position on top of the ontri.com leader board, so the competition has really worked well for me as a motivator.”

What’s next for OnTri.com?
"As the sport of triathlon continues to gain popularity with new races being added all over the country and with thousands of new athletes getting into the sport, we plan to keep adding features to help our athletes prepare for races more effectively and incorporate fun and motivation to their training,” says Finegold. “This is an exciting time to be involved in triathlon and ontri.com is designed to help.”

To round out its site, OnTri.com has relationships with local coaches and trainers who provide content for the site, as well as a race database from www.trifind.com and discounts on gear purchased at www.trivillage.com using a special coupon code given to all ontri.com members.

About ontri.com, Inc.
OnTri.com is a web based community for triathlon enthusiasts. ontri.com helps connect triathletes of all levels from around the country to assist with triathlon training and to provide the most current, accurate information available. Members can post questions, share training tips, access triathlon training programs, post photos and race results, log their workouts and compete in a unique virtual training competition.