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May 2, 2017

Featured Athlete: Bill Markunas

Bill Markunas, 56, of Shenandoah Valley, Virginia is a former corporate banker turned caregiver, family man, and ultra-runner. Originally from Connecticut, Bill has always been active. As a child, Bill started playing soccer around age 9. Bill’s father, who happened to be very involved in his soccer leagues, created a “boot camp” style training regimen…

April 3, 2017

Featured Athlete: James Allen

James Allen, 40, of Frederick, Maryland is a father, body builder, personal trainer, and sickle cell warrior. Originally from New York, James was raised in The Bronx. As a child, James loved baseball. Despite being born with Sickle Cell Beta Thalassemia, a rare form of Sickle Cell Anemia, James has never let his disease stop…

March 1, 2017

Featured Athlete: Jonathan Hathaway

Jonathan Hathaway, 40, is a health and fitness enthusiast who is constantly pushing his limits while tackling the responsibilities of life with a full-time job and family. As a full-time insurance agent, President of the Board of Directors for Xcel Strategies, a mentoring network for young men, husband to his loving wife Naomi and father…

February 1, 2017

Featured Athlete: Chip Gerber

Chip Gerber, 38, is a Professional MMA Fighter and Grappler, Powerlifting World Champion and Ultra Endurance Triathlete. Growing up in Sterling, Virginia, Chip has always been athletic. He began wrestling at a young age and found that he enjoys sports that test his mental toughness. In his early adult years, Chip began practicing Mixed Martial…

January 2, 2017

Featured Athlete: Brooke Kessler

Brooke Kessler, 32, has always been an athlete. Growing up her main focus was gymnastics, but at the end of middle school she began competitive swimming. Swimming has always come naturally to Brooke as she grew up on the Chesapeake Bay, so she decided to stick with it. As cross training, she ran high school track her Junior and…

December 1, 2016

Featured Athlete: Jim Treece

Jim Treece, 47, has lived in Frederick, Maryland for over 25 years and even though he commutes to a full-time job in Rockville, MD, he still finds the time to train as an ultra runner. He started his running career in 1995 doing several 5k road races and quickly moving up to the marathon distance.…

November 1, 2016

Featured Athlete: Andrew Oxendine

Andrew Oxendine, 43, is a marketing man by day and competitive runner by night. Growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Andrew learned at a young age how much fun running could be. He enjoyed the competitive edge the sport brought and how it challenged him to always be better. At only 9 years old Andrew’s relay…

November 1, 2016

Featured Athlete: Scott Dolly

Scott Dolly, MS, ATC, CSCS, is the owner of Evolution Human Performance and Rehabilitation and lives a life of movement, constantly challenging his body. He helps others achieve total health and performance daily at Evolution. Scott has trained and competed in a multitude of sports and disciplines over the past 20 years including: Brazilian Jui Jitsu,…

October 4, 2016

Featured Athlete: Ron Allison

Ron Allison, 38, is a Financial Manager from Ohio. He has been married to his wife Chrissie for almost 14 years and they have 3 wonderful children: Kaidlyn, Beckham and Gabe. Ron is an avid runner and workout enthusiast, however, his love for exercising has not been a lifelong affair. Ron struggled with obesity for…

October 4, 2016

Featured Athlete: Phillip Brenneman

While tons of people choose to be unproductive the day after the Super Bowl, Phillip Brenneman, 46, of Garrett Indiana, decided upon the exact opposite. On February 2, 2015 Phillip woke up on the couch, surrounded by leftover pizza boxes, wings and all the junk food he had gorged on the previous evening while watching…