Meet Rach (they/them)
Rach has been racing full-time as a professional triathlete since 2011. They are a five-time Ironman 70.3 Champion and have numerous podium and course record results across several distances in the sport.
Known as the “Purple Tiger,” Rach is one of the strongest cyclists on the world circuit. They have logged ten Ironman 70.3 fastest bike splits and are a two-time Ironman bike course record holder. Rach is a three-time overall course record holder, including Canadian National Championships. They also love riding and racing their gravel bike!
Deemed "the most interesting [person] in triathlon" by TRS Radio, Rach is the first professional triathlete to be out as gender non-binary. They hold two graduate degrees in genetics and are an accomplished cellist, having toured the US and performed in Europe with various bands. Rach loves being a minimalist, spinning fire, and working in sexual health education and advocacy in beautiful ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples – Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations, as well as the Stz’uminus and Stó:lō First Nations (Vancouver, Canada), where they live and train.
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Washington Post: Endurance sports make a life-changing update for nonbinary athletes
Sports Illustrated: Living Nonbinary in a Binary Sports World
Shondaland: Nonbinary Pro Triathlete Rach McBride Is Following Their Passion — and It’s Taking Them Everywhere
Sport Beyond the Binary - Topo Athletic Blog
Nuun Life: Rach McBride Talks Gravel, Hydration, and Canadian Adventures
Rach McBride Didn’t Intend to Become a Non-Binary Gender Advocate for Triathlon
Unique interview with Innervoice.life
TT Tuesday: Relentless Rach McBride’s super-fast ride
Tri Mag Canada: 5 Questions: Rachel McBride is Kona bound
Tri Mag Canada: McBride takes fourth at Ironman New Zealand
Rach McBride wins the Cascade Gravel Grinder 3-day stage race
Red Bull 400 – Straight Up
career highlights
RESULTS & UPCOMING
2024 Race calendar
1st NB - Rock cobbler: boulder 113 miles
2nd NB - MidSouth gravel (100 miles)
1st NB - Rasputitsa dirt
9th - ironman 70.3 north american champs
1st NB - burnt bridge gravel stage race
1st NB - Unbound 200
14th - ironman 70.3 mont tremblant
1st NB - Grounded ne
1st NB - foco fondo
8th - ironman canada
1st NB - Rebecca’s private idaho QSR
24 nov - ironman cozumel
2023 Results
1st NB - MIdsouth 100 gravel
6th - ironman 70.3 north american champs
7th - Ironman 70.3 chattanooga
1st NB - unbound 200 gravel
7th - ironman lake placid
31st - ironman 70.3 world championships
1st NB - Burnt Bridge Gravel Classic
19th - ironman Florida
2022 results
21st - Ironman World Championships (St George)
1st NB - Unbound 200
Lifetime Grand Prix race #2
1st NB - Crusher in the Tushar
Lifetime Grand Prix race #3
15th - PTO Canadian Open
1st nB - Leadville 100 mtb stage race
1st - ironman 70.3 boulder
1st NB - Leadville 100 mile MTB race
Lifetime Grand Prix race #4
1st - TransRockies gravel royale
Winner of all 4 stages, 2x QOM
13th - PTO US OPEN
1st - Ironman 70.3 Cabos
11th - Clash Daytona
2021 results
6th - Ironman coeur d’alene
11th - Challenge Roth
8th - ironman chattanooga
3 IMs in a row of something nutritionally going horribly wrong :(
1st NB - Big sugar gravel race
1st race ever in a non-binary category!
7th - Clash Daytona
2020 Results
31st - PTO Championship
Challenge Daytona
1:20:17 PB! - Half marathon
No racing, no problem! DIY half marathon personal best.
2nd - Burnt Bridge Gravel Classic
Lost the win by only 24s!
3rd - Canadian Pro Tri Championship
Olympic distance, non-drafting invitational
6th - Challenge Wanaka
Finished despite an unfortunate case of swimming-induced pulmonary edema
4th - Ironman New Zealand
Kona qualified!
2019 Results
1st - Fort Langley 10k
1st - Shamrock Half Marathon
1:20:31, OA winner
1st - Cascade Gravel Grinder
Perfect score omnium winner! (first gravel stage race in North America)
DNF - Ironman 70.3 Pays D’aix
Bad bike crash on course = trip to the ER and stitches. :(
7th - Ironman Lanzarote
2-weeks post crash; borrowed road bike. 1st out of the water!
6th - Ironman 70.3 Mont Tremblant
6th - Challenge Roth
Iron-distance PR! 9:06
1st - Kettle Mettle Gravel Fondo
2nd OA and new course record!
1st - Burnt Bridge Classic Gravel Fondo
2018 results
4th - Ironman African Championships
9:18
1st - Ironman 70.3 victoria
Now 3x 70.3 Champion!
2nd - Ironman 70.3 mont tremblant
Fastest swim, fastest bike (tie), first off the bike.
6th - Ironman European championships
With food poisoning!
3rd - Red Bull 400 Whistler
Only 1 week after IM Euro Champs - ouch!
2nd - L' alpe de grand blanc
I love supporting local racing!
cancelled - Super League Penticton
Yet stage 1 time trial win!
1st - Walla Walla Grit
3rd OA! 95 mile, 7.5 hour gravel race. So hard.
28th - Ironman world championships
Top-10 off the bike! Many lessons learned in my Kona debut.