Caitlin Begg has been chosen to be the TOUGHTEEN Ambassador for 2012! Caitlin, one of the youngest athletes to complete a half iron triathlon has raced Toughman for the last 3 years. She is the founder of YOUNGTri.com, the first and only triathlon association for youth triathlon in the US. For more information about YOUNGTri go to www.YOUNGTri.com . You can see Caitlin racing in New England this year as she will be a freshman at Harvard University.

Registration is now open for the new TOUGHTEEN triathlon for atheltes 15-19 years old. This will consist of a 300 yard swim, 6mile bike and 2.5mile run. Registration is at: http://tinyurl.com/7t9tm57

We are pleased to anounce new additions to the Toughman Ambassador Team Eliana Thermistocleous and Stan Kroder as well as TOUGHKids Ambassador Alex Feldstein.

TOUGHKids Ridgefield has joined the TOUGHKids triathlon seires. The new Ridgefield TOUGHKids will take place on June 2nd in Ridgefield CT. TOUGHKids is proud to have the organizers of the Ridgfield Sprint triathlon as part of the TOUGHKids family. 75 qualifiers from the new Ridgefield race will earn a spot at the TOUGHKids NY Championship on Sept 8th!

TOUGHKids Muncie has joined the TOUGHKids triathlon seires. The new Muncie TOUGHKids will take place on July 8th in Muncie IN. TOUGHKids is proud to have Muncie Multisports Inc., that runs multiple endurance events in the midwest as part of the TOUGHKids family. 75 qualifiers from the new Muncie race will earn a spot at the TOUGHKids NY Championship on Sept 8th!

The Toughkids Triathlon Series Championship as well as all 5 series qualifiers are open for registration. Open enrollment will be for the first 300 athletes who register for the Toughkids race with all other spots being allocated for the qualifier races.

Responsibilities include:

• Public relations, social media, and assisting in customer service issues.
• Managing apparel orders.

Requirements:

• Applicants must be a college graduate.
• Must be willing to work weekends.
• Have very strong computer skills required.
• Must be extremely detail oriented and have very strong follow through skills.
• Must work well under pressure and have a team approach.

If interested email resume and cover letter to RIzzo@toughmantri.com

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A list of all the charities that took part in this year’s fundraising effort is at online. Additionally another 20 local community groups were supported directly through the triathlon.

For those of you who raced we have sent out a survey for you to fill out. Please fill it out as this help us to make the race better.