Lois Schwartz and I launched Competitor Magazine in June of 1987. To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of our first edition, we invited some of our closest friends to a get together on June 29th at the amazing Deni and Jeff Jacobs Challenged Athletes Center, home of the Challenged Athletes Foundation. We spent a fun…
In February of 1982, two young college students changed the course of Ironman history. Julie Moss led deep into the marathon when she simply ran out of gas and her body shut down. As she staggered toward the finish on Ali’i Drive, Kathleen McCartney moved ever closer. When Moss collapsed 50 feet shy of the…
Mike Levine was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on July 1, 2015. He was told that 90% of people who receive that diagnosis live 3-12 months, 5% live two years, and no one makes it to three years. After removing a half a dozen organs from his body plus 25 lymph nodes, Mike was connected with…
On February 6, 1982, Julie Moss and Kathleen McCartney raced in Kona at the fifth ever Ironman Triathlon. ABC’s Wide World of Sports was covering the event and that day their cameras captured one of the most dramatic moments in endurance sports history. It was a moment that would change both of their lives while…
September 4, 2015 – With the 2015 Ironman Triathlon World Championship a mere 36 days away, we thought it would be fun to countdown to race day with a look back at the 36 athletes who have won the most important race in endurance sports through radio conversations, Breakfast with Bob interviews, plus stories and…