CHIT CH ATS
SMALL/TALK
With more than
40 metals, triathlete
Yorilley “George”
Moreno’s pro status
has turned his dream
into a full-time job
SOUTHERN HEALTH
The Triathlon God
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Last February, Yorilley “George” Moreno
officially earned his pro athlete status.
Since then, he’s won more than 25 awards,
crossed around 40 finish lines, and has trained for
approximately 20 hours a week. Following in the
footsteps of his father, who was on the national
and Olympic team in Venezuela, Moreno has been
pursuing his journey as a triathlete for the last five
years. While there’s always been a thin line between
eating healthy and performance eating, triathletes
tend to look at their food as fuel. For Moreno, a
three-hour bike ride causes him to lose a ton of
nutrients and sweat out about 8 percent of his
body weight. Sneaking in healthy greens is always
helpful, but he credits the simple sugars in Coca-
Cola and the sodium in ramen soup with keeping
him balanced. While training alone has turned into
a full-time job for him, he still swears triathlons
are something for everyone. Moreno credits much
of his success to Savannah. With help from local
businesses like Perry Rubber, who has a Saturday
cycling group, he got his start and it’s where he
recommends anyone interested in taking on the
challenge of a triathlon start. •
WRITTEN BY JORDAN SAXON / PHOTO BY D. PAUL GRAHAM
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