As well as being the founder of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, Sri Chinmoy became a sporting hero in his own right, with some amazing weightlifting achievements to his name. He is also known as a writer, poet, composer, singer, musician and artist. 

After a few years of being involved in running and cycling events, team members branched out into ultra-distance swimming and triathlon. Here in the UK this shift didn't happen until the mid 2000s when Sri Chinmoy, on one of his visits to the UK,  asked the team members "Do you do Triathlons?" That simple question inspired the first club multi-sport events and eventually led to club members taking part in Triathlon across the UK and beyond, and organising Sprint & Try-a-Tri events for the public which began in 2012.

For more on Sri Chinmoy see our Marathon Team website.