She swam for the first three years of college and ran for the next two. As she was about to go to work for the CPA firm Ernst & Young, former top professional triathlete Barb Lindquist asked her if she’d like to learn a little bit about this sport called triathlon. Four years later, Gwen Jorgensen is…
When it comes to greatness over time and over different distances, runner Rod Dixon is at the very top of our all-time list. Not too far behind, though, is triathlete Michellie Jones who dominated the legendary non-drafting triathlons like Chicago, St. Anthony’s and Escape from Alcatraz ,won the first ever XTERRA Off -Road World Championship,…
In this awesome two-part interview with running legend Rod Dixon, we chat about everything: from his memory of listening to the classic Jim Ryun vs. Kip Keino finals of the 1500 meter in Mexico City in 1968 on his transistor radio and telling his friends that one day he would be in the Olympics just…
In Part 2 of our classic interview with Rod Dixon, we start out with his move from the track to the roads in the early 1980’s, his amazing come-from-behind win over England’s Geoff Smith at the 1983 New York City Marathon, and his creation of his Kid’s Marathon Program. No one is more dynamic than the amazing…
Watching the great Mo’ne Davis throwing heat against the boys in the Little League World Series yesterday made me think back to women who have broken barriers in our sports. This photo from Peter Read Miller is from the start of the second-ever Ironman Triathlon on Sans Souci Beach on Oahu in February of 1979.…
Meb Keflezighi is about two months removed from one of the most important marathon wins in U.S. history in Boston. He took time out from his jam packed schedule to join me for a live Q&A in front of a packed house with the Tri Club of San Diego. We went through Meb’s life and…