Eloah Rocha works as a youth counselor at Los Angeles Children's Hospital and participates in triathlon events around Los Angeles, including the annual Catalina Island Triathlon. The Catalina Island Triathlon has been held each November since 1985 on Catalina Island, located 30 miles southwest of Los Angeles. It involves a half-mile swim around Green Pier, a 15-kilometer bike ride along the Catalina coast totaling 477 feet of elevation gain, and a 3.1-mile run course to the Catalina Casino and back to the finish line at Green Pier. The triathlon event has male, female, and co-ed heats for competitors ages 14 to over 80