Chris Bagg

Chris Bagg has been an athlete his whole life, ever since he rode the outside of an escalator at the Boston Museum of Science at age five. Chris played soccer through college, standing in one place as a goalkeeper, and discovered upon moving to Washington D.C. that he had an aptitude for endurance, rather than ball sports. Since then he’s been a runner, a triathlete, a cyclist, and a cross-country skier, all at a high level.

He raced professionally and semi-professionally as a triathlete and cyclists for 15 years, respectively, posting career results of 4th at Ironman Canada in 2011, 2nd at Challenge Penticton in 2014, 13th (and top American) at the great Challenge Roth in 2017, 12th at the ITU Long Distance World Championships in 2017, and 22nd at Unbound Gravel in 2019. He started coaching endurance sports in 2009, but with his background as a teacher, he’s been a coach for most of his life. He happily describes his job now as “A gym teacher for adults.”