Marc Galieta

Marc Galietta is the owner and founder of The Energy Lab and has over 30 years of competition experience. He completed his first triathlon in the early 90’s and has since completed well over 100 triathlons, including 30 iron distance races. He is a multi-time Hawaii Ironman World Championship qualifier and finisher, multiple Ironman 70.3 World Championship qualifier, and USAT age-group All-American. He was ranked as high as 4th in the nation and 19th worldwide in the WTC Ironman age-group rankings and in the top 50 of the USA Triathlon national rankings.

Marc is also a two-time Ultraman finisher, an invitation only, 3 day ultra-distance triathlon consisting of a 6.2 mile open water swim followed by a 93 mile bike ride on Day 1, a 170 mile bike ride on Day 2, and a 52.4 mile double marathon run on the final Day 3. At the 2017 edition of Ultraman Florida, Marc took the overall victory on Day 1, while recording the 4th fastest swim and 3rd fastest Day 1 overall time in Ultraman Florida history. He also held the 3rd fastest combined Day 1 and Day 2 time in Ultraman Florida history.

Marc graduated, with honors, from Lehigh University with a degree in civil/structural engineering and has always been fascinated by the science associated with the sport and has put as much energy into gaining all possible “free” speed, via equipment and fit optimization, as he has into his physical training. Marc was a student of one of the most respected bike fitters in the industry and is the only fitter to be personally trained, in a one-on-one setting, by Todd Kenyon of TTBikeFit fame (TTBikeFit.com) and the inventor of the Vertex Fit Cycle. The Energy Lab was (and still is) at the forefront of the fit-first in the bicycle industry. He continues to hone his craft every day.
In addition to numerous iron distance events and Ultraman, Marc is one of two people to complete the Epic Deca Challenge in May of 2022. The Epic Deca was conceived to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the Epic5 Challenge, which was founded in 2010 and discussed in the books Finding Ultra and Fear No Distance by Rich Roll and Danielle Grabol, respectively. The traditional Epic5 Challenge is typically 5 iron distance races on 5 Hawaiian Islands in 5 days. The Epic Deca was an invitation-only one-time event limited to 10 athletes. The Epic Deca was designed to test the limits of the impossible by having athletes attempt to complete 10 iron distance races on 6 different Hawaiian Islands in 10 days. Not only did Marc complete this challenge, but he also holds the record for the fastest swim, bike, and run throughout the entire event.

Triathlete Magazine named Marc and The Energy Lab as one of “The Best Triathlon Bike Fitters in the United States.