Name: Moreno (MO) Aguiari

Age: 33

Coach: Amy Kloner

Personal: : I was born and raised in Italy. I moved to the US in 1999 at the age of 23 to enroll in a flight training program. I was a pilot for few years until I changed careers and now I work on the Internet with my web development company.
I live in Duluth with my wife Ann, my beautiful daughter Rebecca and my best buddies Jet a 5 yo, 90lbs Yellow Lab and Sky a 3 yo, 77 lbs Chocolate Lab as well as the many visitors that come visit me from Italy every month.

Athletic experience/accomplishments: My sport background is in soccer although my first sport was actually swimming. I started swimming at the age of 6 and competed in age groups until the age of 9. At the time i was swimming, playing basketball and playing soccer.

All the coaches of these 3 sports wanted me to continue with their team but I had to make a choice and I chose soccer. I played at many levels including few games in the series C2 professional league. Soccer is my passion I am also a great fan of my favorite team AC MILAN which I follow in TV and when i go back home at the stadium.

Even when I was playing soccer at a a competitive level I never stopped swimming; I always loved the sport. I grew up in Milan which is few miles from the Italian Alps so in my youth I rode on road bikes and I did a lot of mountain biking.

At the age of 22 i had my first ACL surgery, which was the first of a long series of injuries. In total i had 4 ACL surgeries and 2 meniscus.

I am competitive and I can’t live without doing sports so i got into running about 6 years ago which is about when I got interested in Triathlon. I have been following the sport for many years and I always told myself that one day I was going to seriously train. Since 2004 I have run many races , manly 5k,10k and half marathons, trained for marathons but both times I signed up for NYC marathon I ended up injured few months before the race.

2010 Goals: To run my first official triathlon in May and to be able to be ready for Augusta Ironman . In the specific I want to be able to run a half marathon in less than 1h 30 mins and improve on the bike.

Inspiration: Normal people that with dedication and determination manage to train, work and enjoy life.