It’s our 25th anniversary! Read Cherie’s letter and revisit some wonderful photos
from early and recent days. July, 2026

2025 Awards & Scholarships Party

On January 18, 2026, we celebrated accomplishments throughout 2025. Click below to see the festivites! 2025 Party

NEWS!

Cherie was inducted into the IRONMAN Hall of Fame on October 8 in Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i. Check out all the details: Hall of Fame

Cherie and the EE kids were featured on the 2022
NBC IRONMAN World Championship television special.

Click below to see a video excerpt plus a photo montage 
of the kids in action during 2022.

IRONMAN video (5 minutes) In 2020, Cherie was inducted into the
USA Triathlon Hall of Fame.
The kids were a big part of the celebration.

 

Here she is finding out about it while with the Exceeding Expectations kids. Surprise reveal

The part of her acceptance speech during which she spoke about the kids was the highlight of the evening. Speech excerpt EE’s photographer extraordinaire
Albert Angelo
is posting his photos online, and
adding new ones all the time.

Click below to see them, and check back
a few days after each EE event for the latest.

Albert’s Photos

Our Mission

Exceeding Expectations, a program in San Bernardino that serves an inner-city population, is designed to encourage at-risk kids to move their lives in a positive direction, using the sport of triathlon as the vehicle.The goal is not to develop the kids into elite athletes, but rather to offer them opportunities to participate in a lifestyle that is healthy, goal-oriented and very unlike that which they experience in their everyday lives. We strive to replace negative influences with positive role models and to instill in the kids a powerful new discipline of setting measurable goals and working hard to achieve them.Our highest priority is education, and our ultimate objective is to ensure that every one of the kids graduates high school and goes on to college. We make this promise to all the EE kids: When you get into college, we’ll make sure money isn’t an obstacle.EE is donor-funded and run by volunteers. We have no paid staff and no professional fund-raisers. With the exception of insurance costs, we have no administrative expenses: Every penny we collect directly benefits the kids.Our most important objective is EDUCATION. Check out our January 2026 Awards & Scholarships celebration to see how that’s working.

 

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2026 Events

• Jan. 18: Awards & Scholarships party
• Feb. 15: Palm Desert Half Marathon & 5K
• Mar. 1: Lake Perris training for 2026 EE Tri team
• Apr: Run + Tri training, various locations
• Apr. 12: Lake Perris Tri & duathlon
• May 3: Spring Sprint Tri, San Diego
• May: Tri training
• June 14: First day of summer training; Loma Linda
• June-July: Run + Tri training, various times & locations
• Aug: 8: Crestline “Run Thru the Pines” 5K/10K
• Aug. 29: Lake Perris training
• Sep  EE race for CAF slots
• Sep. 12: San Diego Classic Tri
• Oct 10: San Bernardino Sheriff’s Mud Run
• Oct 17: Tram Road Challenge, Palm Springs
• Oct 25: CAF “Best Day In Tri,” San Diego
• Nov. 7: Run with Los Muertos
• Nov. 7: Pride Run, Palm Springs
• Dec. 6: Ironman 70.3 Indian Wells
• Dec. 13: Tinsel Tri
• Dec 16: Santa Paws 5K
• Dec 14: Tinsel Tri & 5K
• Dec. 19: Santa Paws
• Jan. 17, 2027: Annual Awards & Scholarships Party

2025 Events

• Jan. 19: Awards & Scholarships party
• Feb. 1: “Be a Hero” 5K
• Feb. 16: Palm Desert Half Marathon & 5K
• Mar. 2: Training-Kickoff for 2025 EE/CAF team
• Mar. 15: Swim training, pool
• Mar. 23: Run/bike training
• Mar. 30: Swim training, Lake Perris
• Apr. 6: Run/bike training
• Apr. 27: Swim training, Lake Perris
• May 4: Spring Sprint Triathlon, San Diego
• Apr-Aug: Summer training
• June 8: Lake Perris tri training
• June 9: Training and SD Tri celebration
• July 13: Training (all); tri team training; tire-changing clinic; simulated race
• Aug. 9: Crestline “Run Thru the Pines” 5K/10K
• August 31: Tri team training, Lake Perris
• Sep.: EE race for CAF slots
• Sep. 13: San Diego Classic Tri
• Sep. 18: Training for all; qualifying 8-mile run for CAF (10 slots)
• Oct. 4: LA Tri, Bonelli Park
• Oct. 18: San Bernardino Sheriff’s Mud Run
• Oct. 18: Tram Road Challenge, Palm Springs
• Oct. 26: CAF “Best Day In Tri,” San Diego
• Nov. 1: Run with Los Muertos
• Dec. 7: Santa Paws 5K
• Dec. 14: Tinsel Tri & 5K
• Jan. 18, 2026: Annual Awards & Scholarships Party

 

 

 

Recent Newsletters

 

We email a newsletter about 5-7 times a year. They contain news about recent events, accomplishments and educational progress, along with photos of the kids in action.

Click a button on the right to see a recent newsletter. July, 2026 – 25th Anniversary letter and photos Nov 2025: CAF, Mud Run, Run With Los Muertos, Tram Challenge & More! Sept 2025: San Diego Tri, SBD Sheriff’s Run, Crestline Run

We showed the incredibly inspirational movie A Million Miles Away to the kids and their families. It’s the true story of Jose Hernandez, the son of migrant farm workers who became an astronaut and flew into space for a stay on the International Space Station.

Click below to see some photos.

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