Would you love to try a Tri? The Metro Brokers TriathlON Friday is a great way to get into the triathlon season without having to get up at the crack of dawn! This year's event will be held on Friday night, June 7^th at 6:00pm at Cherry Creek Reservoir.

Friday Night Sprint Distance Triathlon

Join Colorado's only Friday evening sprint distance triathlon. And then enjoy catered dinner, music and fun with your friends and family. "This is one of my favorite races!" said Kathleen Allen, 2011 winner of the women's division. "It's nice to have an evening race, so the whole family can come."

The event format, which is shorter than a full triathlon, includes a ½ mile swim, 12 mile bike and a 3.1 mile run. It's open to all ages and abilities. "We've had some great participants over the years, including a three generation team comprised of the grandfather, father and son." says Mark Harrison, co-creator of this event. "We have had blind athletes compete and some of the premiere disabled and well-bodied athletes who come to kick off the season."

Metro Brokers Giving Back

Metro Brokers sponsors this great event to benefit Adaptive Adventures, whose mission is to identify, promote and provide progressive sports and recreation opportunities to improve the quality of life for children, adults and veterans with physical disabilities. "They offer disabled athletes, returning Veterans and children the opportunity to ski, bike, run and do things that the everyday person probably takes for granted." says Harrison.

"Our sponsors are great," says Mike Bradley, co-founder of the triathlon. "We are growing every year with sponsorship and participants." Last year's event drew more than 255 participants and they are expecting even more this year. "We couldn't do this without our great sponsors." says Harrison. "LoDo's Bar and Grill has been there from the beginning providing food and beverages, as well as so many more sponsors. There are a lot of opportunities for businesses to get involved in this great event and give back to the community."

Be sure to register early for this popular event at www.MetroBrokersTriathlon.com. "It's a unique event." says Harrison. "And it's early in the season, so it's a nice warm-up."

See Video from last year's event!

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The Denver Business Journal featured Metro Brokers in their "Good Works" article about the Metro Brokers TriathlON Friday which raises money for Adaptive Adventures.

The Fourth Annual TriathlON Friday, held at the Cherry Creek reservoir each year, raised $2,903 for the Adaptive Adventures program which provides sports and recreational opportunities for children and adults and veterans with physical disabilities.

One more example of Metro Brokers doing good work in the community!

See the article at The Denver Business Journal.

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Christie Martin, President of Metro Brokers Inc. talks to us from the 4th Annual, Metro Brokers TriathlON Friday event at the Cherry Creek State Park. The event grows every year with more participants and sponsors.

Interviewer:  Hi I'm Kathy Soltero with Metro Brokers TV.  Today we are at Cherry Creek Reservoir and we are talking with Christie Martin, Metro Brokers President.  Christie, it's a great evening for the triathlon.

Christie Martin:  Oh it's an awesome evening, we've got great weather and we've got great participants and it's going off without a glitch tonight, so...

Interviewer:  Absolutely.  Tell me about the participation this year, where are we at?

Christie Martin:  We are just shy of 300, so we are up considerably from last year so we are in our fourth year and it keeps growing every single year, it's great.

Interviewer:  Tell me about the triathlon, who does it benefit?

Christie Martin:  It benefits Adaptive Adventures, which is a great program, they help veterans, they help a lot of different people that have been in accidents, that have lost limbs and they help them adapt to, to do an everyday life again and being active.

Interviewer:  And we actually have some participants also in the triathlon right?

Christie Martin:  Yes we do, yeah there's quite a few people that are wheelchair bound, that type of thing, that it's just, I mean I'm just blown away by the way that they swim and do all the events, it's great.

Interviewer:  Where do you see this event going in the future?

Christie Martin:  I just think, you know every year its growing and I think we are going to just continue to get bigger and bigger and bigger.

Interviewer:  Awesome.  Well thank you very much, it was great talking to you and congratulations on another successful event.

Christie Martin:  Great, thank you Kathy.

Interviewer:  Alright.  Well we've been talking to Christie Martin; she's the President of Metro Brokers, and for more related videos like this one, be sure to tune into MetroBrokersTV.com.

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Matt Feeney is the founder of Adaptive Adventures, an organization which provides outdoor sports opportunities to improve the quality of life for children, adults and veterans with physical disabilities. Matt speaks to us from the 2012 Metro Brokers TriathlON Friday event at Cherry Creek State Park. 

Interviewer:  Hi I'm Kathy Soltero with Metro Brokers TV, we are talking today with Matt Feeney, he is the founder of Adaptive Adventures. Matt congratulations on how things are going here. 

Matt Feeney:  Oh, thank you very much, we are just thrilled to be a part of this event, we can't thank Metro Brokers enough for putting this on, and, you know, having us be a part of it. 

Interviewer:  Matt this is the third year you guys have benefited from the Triathlon Friday, what do you think about this year? 

Matt Feeney:  This is a great turn out, after talking to Mike, I think there was over 250 participants this year, which is huge, I can't thank Metro Brokers enough, the event gets getting better and better every year, we are just thrilled to be a part of it. 

Interviewer:  Tell me how the money gets used. 

Matt Feeney:  Well the money gets used to run programs here in Colorado for people with physical disabilities, winter programs include skiing, obviously, and in the summer we have kayaking, you might have seen some of the kayakers out there helping out, with the swim portion of the event, we also do cycling and water-skiing, and rafting as well in the summer. 

Interviewer:  Do you actually have any participants here today? 

Matt Feeney:  We had, not racing, not in the race, we had recruited one and he was a no show unfortunately. 

Interviewer:  But we have in the past, we have seen him here. 

Matt Feeney:  Yes in fact it was Paul Martin was here last year, and he is a world record holder for amputees, in triathlons. 

Interviewer:  So to see something like this really, I'm mean to see like the growth and that sort of thing gives you a lot of optimism. 

Matt Feeney:  Absolutely it's great, and I take that back, there was one gentleman who is in a wheel chair here, and he just did the swim portion, he did the bike portion last year, the swim portion this year, next year he is doing the whole thing, so that was pretty cool to see him out there as well. 

Interviewer:  And so that's kind of what Adaptive Adventures is all about, is trying to get these guys and these women athletes back out there right. 

Matt Feeney:  Absolutely children, veterans, wounded warriors; we look at a lot of the veterans that are coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan. They have sustained serious injuries, and we try to get them back out doing things that are important to them.  They are a big part of their lives, and it makes them feel whole again. So, you know, it's been going great and we really appreciate the support that you have given us. 

Interviewer:  Awesome well congratulations, thanks so much. 

Matt Feeney:  You are welcome, thank you.

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The men's and women's winners of the 2012 Metro Brokers TriathlON Friday event were brother and sister, Eli and Breanna Hemming from Ponderosa High School.

Interviewer:  Hi I'm Kathy Soltero with Metro Brokers TV. Today we are at Cherry Creek State Park for the Metro Brokers 2012 TriathlON Friday.  Eli tell me why you decided to participate in the Metro Brokers Triathlon? 

Eli Hemming:  I'm getting in shape for a lot of triathlon races, and this is just on a real good weekend. 

Interviewer:  So what do you think about it? 

Eli Hemming:  It is very well run, and it was marked really well, unlike, I've done some that I kind of get lost on, so yeah it was a lot of fun. 

Interviewer:  Is it different doing one on a Friday night? 

Eli Hemming:  Yeah very, I was, I felt really weird, because I usually just get up right in the morning, and race, have it over by eight o'clock.  

Interviewer:  Awesome, well congratulations you did a great job. 

Eli Hemming:  Thank you. 

Interviewer:  How do you feel about it? 

Eli Hemming:  Good kind of tired. 

Interviewer:  I'll bet, alright, thanks so much. 

Interviewer:  Breanna congratulations what do you think of Metro Brokers Friday Triathlon? 

Breanna Hemming:  It was awesome as a great race it was put on really well, the course was fun, and fast, so it was a good race. 

Interviewer:  Is this the first time you have ever participated? 

Breanna Hemming:  Yes. 

Interviewer:  What made you want to do this one? 

Breanna Hemming:  Actually one of the race directors is a good family friend, so. 

Interviewer:  And what do you think about having a triathlon on a Friday night? 

Breanna Hemming:  It was kind of interesting like you definitely have to change your nutrition and stuff, but it was fun, it. 

Interviewer:  How so? 

Breanna Hemming:  Just like you are trying to fuel yourself all day and get the right amount of like calories and salts and that kind of stuff but not over do it, so you don't have a stomach ache on the run. 

Interviewer:  Are you surprised at the number of participants in it? 

Breanna Hemming:  I really was, like, I thought a Friday night race like didn't know how many people were going to be here, but there was a great turnout and it was fun. 

Interviewer:  Something you think you will do again? 

Breanna Hemming:  Probably yeah. 

Interviewer:  Congratulations. 

Breanna Hemming:  Thank you so much. 

Interviewer:  So it's been another successful year here at Cherry Creek State Park, for the 2012 Metro Brokers TriathlON Friday, they've had nearly 300 participants this year, and they are hoping to see the triathlon grow bigger and better every year to follow.  I'm Kathy Soltero with Metro Brokers TV.

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