Going The Extra Mile For A Cause
Note from the editor: This update comes from Billy Edwards, a GU Energy Labs athlete, who is going the extra mile to be more than just a racer.We applaud his altruism. On December 15, I took my endurance to a new level for a new reason. I had decided in the fall to race the [...]
Reba’s Words of Wisdom
Not all athletes really understand that their athletic feats, that their wins, that their records, that their championships, are just numbers in a record book somewhere, numbers that don’t, in the grand scheme of life, really mean that much. So it’s refreshing when you meet one who is doing things to make sure that she [...]
Kona’s Final Star, Jeff Schmidt
Editor’s note:This story comes from GU President & COO, Tal Johnson. When the celebration is over, crowds and cameras are gone, and all that remains is what’s left of the finish line, will you have the courage to finish what you started? Jeff Schmidt did, and for that simple fact he leaves a significant imprint [...]
Food, Finish, Family: How I Fueled For Kona
Editor’s note: This is Reid Swanson’s race report on how his nutrition plan worked for the 2012 Ironman World Championships. Leading into my race at Ironman World Championships in Kona, HI, I created a nutrition and race plan to finish the event in a time of 10 hours. Obviously, a solid nutrition plan is [...]
Ironman World Championships: The stars come out at night
It may have been the woman who’d overcome pancreatic cancer, or the Afghanistan war veteran who’d lost both legs to an IED and was competing on a hand cycle,or the oldest athlete, an 82 year old grandfather, a competitor with 29 Ironmans to his credit, who walked across the line with fourteen minutes to [...]
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