Andrew Starykowicz is fast on course. He set records at nearly every course he raced over his 19 year professional career. He’s affectionately known as “Starky,” and he is fast. That is about the most syllables that the mouth could utter as he bent the wind enroute to one of his nearly 50 professional triathlon podiums.

The from 2005-2009 Andrew Starykowicz raced at the professional level but maintained a full time engineering position at Caterpillar Inc. This is where he learned the value of “the long weekend.” Leaving Wednesday after lunch or after work Andrew would travel to a place to get a focused 3 1/2- 4 day traincation. These became a backbone in Starykowicz’s success ultimately bringing him to a level that he left Caterpillar to pursue racing full time.