In 2013, Team Bright Side started as a fledgling team within a team. We were six people trying to feel a sense of control after our founder, Tracey Scheppach, heard those four words that changed her life: "Your child has cancer." Her son is now a cancer survivor, and Team Bright Side is an unstoppable force that will keep fighting until no parent ever hears those four words again.

Over the past 13 years, we have trained more than 2800 athletes to compete in the sport of triathlon, with 2650 completing the Chicago Triathlon alone. We are kids and adults—first-time athletes and professionals. We are couch potatoes and athletic slackers, overachievers, and weekend warriors. We've raced super sprints and Ironman, from Chicago to Utah to Tennessee to Florida. We've done all this to raise money to fund research that will eradicate pediatric blood cancers.

Oh, but there's more!

We've also developed our mindset. Team Bright Side is about staring down that seemingly impossible task right in front of you and choosing to grow through the experience. A resilient mindset can indeed get you through unscathed and unchanged. But we believe that the most formidable obstacles can put you on a path of self-discovery where you cross the finish line as a changed person. Whether you're curing cancer or training for a sprint triathlon, there's a bright side in everything. We'll help you find it.

We are incredibly determined as we carry this critical work into our 14th year. Cancer hasn't quit, so neither have we. We have miles to log, finish lines to cross, and lives to save.