Less than a year after walking around in a carbon halo so his broken neck could heal, world-class triathlete Tim Don completed the 2018 Kona IRONMAN World Championship. That alone is astounding, but when you consider that the 39-year-old Brit who lives in Colorado finished the the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run in 8 hours, 45 minutes [...]
With a flat course, the Chicago Marathon is known for allowing runners to throw down fast times. And among those with world records and personal records on the brain is Brian Reynolds, a 30-year-old New Jersey resident who has his sights set on being the first American double amputee to run a sub-three-hour marathon. And, it's hard not to like [...]
Remember the days when Steve "Steve-O" Glover from MTV's Jackass put fish hooks in his chest to turn himself into shark bait, or when he stepped into a pool full of alligators with meat hanging from his underwear? Now 10 years sober, the reality star who regularly made others cringe, gag and hold their breath completed his first triathlon in September [...]
When Ron Buerkle was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2010, he didn't halt his life. If anything, he picked up the pace. The 76-year-old Minnesota man decided to continue long distance running, among other hobbies, and pen a book along the way. Now available in bookstore and online, The Last Marathon details Buerkle's descent into memory loss and the victories [...]
There are mothers, and then there are supermothers. Not only did British ultrarunner Sophie Power compete in the Ultra-Trail Mont Blanc, a 106-mile single-stage race through the mountains of France, Italy and Switzerland with 32,940 feet of elevation gain just three months after giving birth, but she breastfed her young son, Cormac, along the way. “Oh my God, I was in [...]
There's no slowing down for Man Kaur, even at 102 years old. The track and field athlete from India just added another medal to her impressive collection by picking up a win in her age group in the 200-meter dash at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga, Spain. She clocked a time of 3 minutes and 14 seconds. Who [...]
Kevin Hart is no stranger to running marathons. He ran the 2017 New York City Marathon in just over four hours. However, he's taking it up a notch in 2018, and not just by tackling another 26.2-mile course. The 39-year-old comedian announced on his Instagram page Thursday that he will be running the Chicago Marathon to raise money so more [...]
In July, we told you about Bego Lopez, the 50-year-old from DeLand, Florida who is taking classes at Daytona State College, and running cross-country for the school. Add two more runners over the age of 40 to the roster now, too. Kris Gray, 48, and Jenny Enslin, 42, have also signed on to run for Daytona State College and become [...]
After Gil Schaenzle, 61, lost her 21-year-old daughter to neuroendocrine (NET) cancer, she could have holed-up. Instead, she took her grief through 50 U.S. National Parks on foot. Schaenzle, who lives in Evergreen, Colorado, concocted a plan with her daughter, Anna Rose, while she was undergoing chemotherapy to eventually run through most of America's National Parks. "I told her of [...]
Never mind that Ashley Horner has never done a full Ironman triathlon before. Now, she's tackling 52 of them across the U.S and Haiti in 52 days in what she's calling the #WomanOfIron challenge. The 34-year-old fitness trainer from Virginia is taking on the 7,030-mile challenge to raise money for the Maison Fortuné orphanage in Hinche, Haiti. She first visited [...]