How many athletes do you know who have competed in World Championships in three different sports? Obviously, someone who can make an Olympic team in rowing, move seamlessly on to professional cycling, and then become a professional triathlete is pretty special. Meet Cameron Wurf, one of the greatest athletes you have probably never heard of…
Tony Matesi is the Director of Endurance for Spartan Race. After finishing the Spartan Death Race, he created some 24 hour events to prepare people to compete in the Death Race. In 2013 he joined the Spartan team and created longer team-building initiatives including Agoge, which was a system of training created by the Spartans.…
Joshua Holmes created #runitfast, a community that encourages people around the world to embrace the great sport of running. How committed is Joshua? In 2015 he completed #slamwater, the Grand Slam of 100 mile races and Badwater, and he has completed 160 marathons and ultras. Run It Fast has members now in 41 states and…
His current roster of athletes includes two-time Ironman 70.3 World Champion and Ironman World Champion Daniela Ryf as well as 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist Nicola Spirig. When you add in his roster of former elite athletes, including four-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington, Brett Sutton just might be the best triathlon coach ever. Subscribe to…
Milena Glusac was one of the nation’s top runners out of high school where she was having great success while only running 25 miles a week. When her college coaches doubled her weekly mileage, stress fractures became a constant part of her life and she ended up with a total of 13 in all. Here…
Two years in a row, two-time Ironman 70.3 World Champion Melissa Hauschildt came to Kona hoping to race the Ironman World Championship, and both times she wasn’t able to race because of injuries. The former steeplechase star has kicked off 2016 with two huge wins and it’s full steam ahead for Kona 2016. Subscribe to…
Matt Sills did his first event ever at the Desert Triathlon. He will tell you that he finished second to last in the international distance event, but just getting to the finish line that day changed his life. How much has his life changed? He purchased the Desert Triathlon, which features a sprint triathlon and duathlon…
Adrianne Haslet-Davis lost her left leg below the knee as a result of the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. From the age of 5, her love has always been to dance. During our conversation Adrianne takes us through her recovery and the challenges she faced along the way. She is back dancing and in April,…
Mark Mastalir is a former top high school runner who was an All-American at Stanford and ran in the 1992 Olympic Trials at 1500 meters. After working with Reebok, Nike, the NBA, Wrigley and HOKA, he is now the VP of Marketing and Partnerships for the wearable technology company Lumo Body Tech that just signed…
Sarah Piampiano is a 35 year old former-top-ski-racer-turned-pro-triathlete with an amazing back story. She went from 120 hour work weeks at HSBC Securities to the life of a struggling professional triathlete in 2012. After winning a full Ironman and two Ironman 70.3 races plus finishing seventh in Kona this past October with the second fastest…