The Chinook Triathlon was founded by race director extraordinaire Mike Bock in 2004.  Having raced every event in Western Canada through the ’80’s-’90’s, Mike wanted to offer Calgary it’s very own Half Distance long course triathlon.  Mike, his family and amazing team of volunteers grew the event from a grass-roots triathlon to hosting several Provincial Championships through it’s first fourteen years.  The event has generated over $150,000 for local athlete development charities.

The event was purchased in 2018 by Tom Bamford of Platinum Racing.  Tom fell in love with the sport as a teenager, entering his first race in 1989.  The former race director of the 1994 National Championships he looks forward to book-ending a successful career in the software industry with producing world-class multi-sport events for all ages and abilities.  As an age-group athlete Tom has raced at the World Championship level for ITU Long Course, XTERRA off-road, Ironman 70.3 and full Ironman distances.  He has ripped up the Chinook Half & Olympic courses several times and will have to settle for his race-best 4th place finish now that his energies are focused on delivering athletes a “breath-taking” experience of their own.  Clever escape for an aging triathlete.