Growing up in Colorado you can't help but love the outdoors. Something magical happens with 300 days of sunshine and the Rocky Mountains in your back yard. My athletic endeavors started on the bike, I would get out and ride whenever I could. In 2011 I moved to Oxford, England for work. I missed the sunshine and mountains, but discovered my passion for running. When I moved back to Colorado I started combining cycling and running, so it was only natural that I started competing in triathlons. I took second place at my first sprint, and caught the bug. Today I'm training for my fourth Ironman.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—The Hang Tough Foundation, a Tallahassee-based non-profit that serves families whose children have been affected by chronic or life-altering illness or special needs, has launched their Hang Tough Champions program. Endurance athletes participating in running, cycling and triathlon events will now be able to complete fundraising for the charity during their training. These generous…
On Sunday, July 3, the 10 senior members of the US Mountain Team were selected at the US Mountain Running Championships, which was hosted at Loon Mountain Resort in Lincoln, New Hampshire. The top six men and the top four women across the finish line at the championships earned spots on this year’s team that will travel…
PITTSBURGH – P3R has announced that the Run for a Reason charity program presented by Bank of America raised more than $1.6 million during the 2016 DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon season. Since the Run for a Reason charity program launched in 2009, participants have raised more than $9 million for local, national and global causes. “Each year the…
WICHITA, Kan. – Running USA, the national non-profit trade organization for running events and businesses, is pleased to announce the naming of ACTIVE Network’s Gary Schwake as President and Mike Coleman as Vice President of the Running USA Board of Directors, while Fetal Health Foundation’s Lonnie Somers and I Am Athlete’s Jeff Matlow continue to serve as Treasurer and Secretary. At the recent Running…
TrainingPeaks – Boulder, CO – July 6 – TrainingPeaks has announced that their training software platform will be compatible with Polar Flow and a variety of Polar’s latest connected products. This integration will allow athletes training with Polar devices to seamlessly push their training activities to TrainingPeaks for tracking, analysis, and planning. After performing a one-time account sync,…
CLAREMONT, Calif. – (June 06, 2016) – Spectrum Sports Management, the leading Southern California sports management event production agency, is announcing the new Run Catalina Ambassador program. The program is an initiative that is aimed at building upon an already bolstering and engaging running community centered on a multitude of races organized by Spectrum Sports. “In…
San Diego, CA – July 6, 2016 – The Junior Seau Foundation Adaptive Surf Program presented by Challenged Athletes Foundation® (CAF) will host the inaugural youth surf camp from July 8th to the 10th in Del Mar, CA. In April, 2016, the Junior Seau Foundation presented a $250,000 check to CAF to launch the program that will provide universal access to…
– Financial services company signs 2-year sponsorship agreement – Race weekend features 5K, 10K and half marathon distances on October 15-16 – G. Love & Special Sauce to headline at finish line concert at Civic Center Park Denver, Colo., July 6, 2016 – Competitor Group, Inc. (CGI), organizers of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series, today announced an…
July 1, 2016 – Oak Park, Calif. – AdventureCORPS is pleased to announce that the Summer 2016 issue of BADWATER® Magazine is now available for download or purchase. Sixty-four pages in length and printed in full-color, it focuses primarily on the STYR Labs Badwater 135 Ultramarathon and its remarkable venues Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, Lone…
July 1, 2016 (Honolulu, HI) – TEAM Unlimited, LLC today announced the award-winning XTERRA Adventures TV series, XTERRA USA and World Championship broadcasts will be available as a video subscription for Prime members, on Amazon Video starting July 1, 2016 in the U.S. Four seasons (32 shows) of the half-hour episodes of XTERRA Adventures, and…