Rachel Bird

Rachel is 34-years-old and, after spending most of her life in Indiana, she moved to Michigan in May 2022. She immediately fell in love with the state and the outdoors culture here. After college, Rachel used running to balance out the sedentary nature of her desk job. She ran her first marathon in 2013 at the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon and went on to run a few more marathons after that as well. After falling out of shape during grad school and struggling to get active again, she signed up for a coach and her first triathlon in the spring of 2022 and she quickly got hooked on the sport. Rachel currently works part-time as a project manager at a tech company called Automattic, and part-time as the NextGen Pastor at Pennway Church of God.

2023 GOALS

My goal for this year is to build up my distance to my first olympic, then my first 70.3, while balancing two jobs that both require some travel. I'm also working on improving my swim times, since that is my weakest discipline.