Our Athlete of the Month Melanie Peddle! Mel is a strong swimmer and former National Champ in the 1500m in college track. She works hard to balance training among multiple sports in order to manage injury and keep things interesting. Every athlete has limiters and for Melanie, it’s the bike. While we’re working on improving…
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Can you tell us a little bit about your sports background? I have always been involved in sports. I wasn’t a “mellow” child at all. I began playing soccer, swimming and running at age 4. I dropped swimming a couple years later and focused on soccer and track. I got a full scholarship for soccer…
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Please meet our Mix1 Athlete of the Month, Sarah Peltier. Sarah is relatively new to multisport and just recently raced her first Iron Distance race. She’s a fast learner as she qualified for 70.3 World’s last year and this year was 2nd at the Poconos 70.3 – in a tight photo finish. She’s got an…
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Can you tell us a little bit about your sports background? I started swimming at age 5 on the local YWCA swim team and swam competitively through high school and my first year of college. I started mountain biking in college – I took an actual mountain biking PE class and then started road biking…
Read MoreMegan Storms was named the D3 Athlete of the Month! Congrats Megan! Can you tell us a little bit about your sports background? Up until the year of 2004 I wasn’t a “sporty person” at all. I came into running then to lose weight, after I did a 5K I was hooked! I have since done…
Read MoreToyin Fayemi just had a phenomenal Ironman Lake Placid and was named the D3 Athlete of the Month! Congrats Toyin! Can you tell us a little bit about your sports background? My athletic career started relatively late. After being forced onto a swim team in 7th grade, I found my niche as a sprint free-styler. During…
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Our Athlete of the Month, Tammy Powell has come back from an injury filled 2011 to get back to the top of her AG and she’s been, oh-so-close to winning a race or two this summer. We sat down with Tammy to get the inside scoop on her training and how her season has gone….
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Can you tell us a little bit about your sports background? My background is running. I have been involved in running since a very young age. Started in primary school doing little athletics and cross country. Which sports did you do as a kid and as you got older? I went to a small primary…
Read MoreCan you tell us a little bit about your sports background? Which sports did you do as a kid and as you got older? I ran track in High School. I’ve been running since 1983. When I went to college, I started swimming laps. I also got into strength training after meeting some of the…
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D3 caught up with Richard Peck, our Athlete of the Month for January 2012. D3: Can you tell us a little bit about your sports background? Which sports did you do as a kid and as you got older? RP: Typical – played basketball in high school and college. D3: What was your motivation to…
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