The triathlon penetrated my life in 1987. Since this date, it became my main center of interêt.

In 2003, after numerous years of galleys try vainly to make recognize the extreme  triathlon, I decided to take the bull by horns and, to do it, I asked for an availability without salary. The National police force ( my employer at that time) refusing to support my initiative in spite of my results, no other solution did not offer itself to me.  I had to manage by myself.

I so became triathlète professional. But watch out, let us not deceive us, of professional I had only the name and the activity, because since all this time, impossible to get free a salary so small is. There are even seasons in the course of which the lack of partners does not allow me to go to competitions.

I accumulate nevertheless the performances to make known my discipline. I twice me (a little as an animal of fair) for 15 hours in a park of attraction of the South of France ( Aéro-City), in full summer with 40 ° in the shade. To the program:

5 hours swim in a pool of 15 meters,

5 hours of cycling on home traîner,

5 hours run on an electric moving pavement

Useless to say that the landscape was fantastic and that in this kind of effort, the psychological has an essential role. First time, it is with BONEY M, King of the disco of the 80s that I shared the prime star. The second time, it was Jean-Luc LAHAYE.

The persons present seemed very interested and especially, very admiring. To believe that it would be necessary to me to multiply this type of representations so that finally my discipline is recognized. But you should not either fall in the picture of the athlete obliged "to prostitute itself" to gain 4 under whom would allow him to be able to align themselves in competition. It is necessary to be really sometimes motivated and to like this sport to arrive there !

Of myself, I always hope that the wheel is going to turn and that things are going to free so that finally our discipline deserves a little more consideration.

In 1903 when Maurice GARIN and his accomplices attack the first cycling TOUR of France, they are considered as ground extras. Today the TOUR became an institution.

There is another about fifteen years, the walkers, marathon runners or runners of 100 kilometers knew the same problems. Today things evolved and these disciplines are now within the reach of everyone. Then, let us hope in .......

Since December, 2004, I took the Presidency of the I.U.T.A. ( international Ultra triathlon Association) and I fight beak and nails to make recognize our discipline. It is a lot of work, but I like challenges and I believe in it, and it in spite of the critics  and the sticks in the wheels of the jealous persons and those who know how to raise the problems, but which especially, would make no effort to  participate actively and give a little help.

Speech in my role of president in VIDAUBAN (France)