THE TRI LIFE! Meet the triathlete who does more pre-dawn than his famous Type A neighbors do before dusk. The best part? He’s a softie.Juliano Teruel can add “cover boy” to his beefy (and beefcakey) résumé.Glistening, tan and oh-so-Brazilian, the 30-year-old tri champ and top Ironman finisher just graced the Encinitas-based Triathlete magazine—further proof that North County is the global epicenter of the swim/bike/run sport founded at Fiesta Island in 1974. The perennially beautiful weather and variety of training topography has drawn a bevy of the world’s top triathletes, from Scott Tinley to Mark Allen. Teruel was a national Brazilian swim champ who fell just shy of making the 1996 Olympics at the age of 16, which catapulted him to a new dream. It’s one that doesn’t come easy. Days start before dawn with a 5,000-meter swim in Solana Beach. After a quick carb-load breakfast at nearby Java Depot, he departs for a 115-mile round-trip bike ride to Mount Palomar, tackling the 4,000- foot climb with ease. Back home, he’s not done: time for a 90-minute trail run, skirting sunbathing rattlesnakes. And what of his “down time?” If he’s not training personal clients, he’s modeling, operating a budding bike export business to Brazil, working at his newly created youth triathlon program at the Boys & Girls Club and donating time to the ITP Foundation, which helps children with a rare blood disorder. Teruel defines multitasker—absent four walls and a desk. “Time is all we have,” he says.This from a guy who runs a 5K in 15:42.
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