Jared Beasley
Jared Beasley is an author and journalist who never expected to become immersed in ultrarunning. A former actor with a degree in theatre and literature from The University of Alabama, he offers a human perspective to a sport often marked by danger and denial.
His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Canadian Running, and Outside, and he writes a monthly column, “Detours of the Lost and Found,” for Ultrarunning Magazine. Two of his articles were recognized among Runner’s World’s top ten stories of 2020, and he has featured on podcasts such as Ultrarunner, Author’s Stories, Bad Boy Running, and The Shakeout Podcast.
His debut book, In Search of Al Howie, earned rave reviews and a Kirkus star for literary merit. Adventure Journal described it as a moving biography that recalls an unplugged era of human-powered adventure. Beasley has since contributed over 50 ultrarunning features to major media outlets.
CHECK OUT >> The Endurance Artist / In Search of Al Howie
Brad Culp
Brad Culp is a sports journalist, former Editor-in-Chief of Triathlete Magazine, Media Manager of the International Triathlon Union, and LAVA magazine, the official publication of the IRONMAN triathlon series.
Culp is also an accomplished athlete. He won three state titles in high school water polo and earned All-American honors in swimming as part of a relay team. Culp finished his first Ironman triathlon during his junior year of college, where he was the youngest athlete competing at Ironman Wisconsin at age 19. He also founded the high-performing Miami University Triathlon Club and continues to compete at a high level in endurance sports.
Culp is a contributor to the Red Bull Red Bulletin, Men’s Journal, 220 Triathlon, Triathlon Lumina, Triathlon Plus, and Slowtwitch. He lives in Geneva, Illinois with his wife and two children.
CHECK OUT >> The Norwegian Method
Matt Fitzgerald
Matt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports author, coach, and nutritionist. His many books include How Bad Do Your Want It, 80/20 Running, and Chasing Mastery. Matt has also written for a number of leading sports and fitness publications, including Runner’s World and Triathlete, and for popular websites such as outsideonline.com and nbcnews.com.
Matt is cofounder of 80/20 Endurance, the world’s premier endurance sports training brand, and creator of Dream Run Camp, a pro-style residential training camp for runners of all abilities based in Flagstaff, Arizona. He also codirects the Coaches of Color Initiative, a nonprofit program that seeks to improve diversity in endurance coaching.
A lifelong endurance athlete, Matt speaks frequently at events throughout the United States and internationally.
CHECK OUT >> Chasing Mastery / 80/20 Endurance / Pain + Performance / How to Run the Perfect Race
Tom Fitzgerald
In a career spanning more than a half-century, Tom Fitzgerald has authored a wide-ranging collection of impactful books, including the bestselling novel Chocolate Charlie, the popular fitness title Get Tough!, and the critically acclaimed Poor Richard’s Lament.
Raised in Upstate New York on the St. Lawrence River, Fitzgerald completed a series of solo open-water swims in his late teens and early 20s before joining the United States Navy and serving in Vietnam as a member of the Special Forces. He later ran the Boston Marathon three times.
Fitzgerald began working on Road to Redemption (originally titled A Private Agony) in 1982, completing the novel after a lengthy hiatus at the urging of the second of his three sons, Matt Fitzgerald, himself the author of many books on running.
CHECK OUT >> Road to Redemption
Sue Reynolds
Before taking up triathlon, Sue Reynolds spent more than two decades leading systems-based improvement work as founder of Inspire Success, helping communities create sustainable high-performance cultures. That background shapes her unique perspective on coaching, training, and the environments that produce excellence.
Now in her seventies, Reynolds writes for athletes, coachers, and high performers of all kinds, grounded in the belief that the principles of elite performance and the risks that accompany them are not bound by ability or age. She lives with her husband in Indiana and values family visits with her adult sons, daughters-in-law, and six grandchildren in Colorado and Kentucky.
CHECK OUT >> Across the Line
Rachel Selman
Rachel Selman is passionate about equipping athletes, coaches, and clinicians with the knowledge of how pelvic health is integral to athleticism, performance, and longevity in sport. This is not a topic that applies exclusively to pregnancy and postpartum, nor is it only for women. In fact, statistics show that athletes are significantly more likely to be affected by pelvic health conditions than their non-athlete peers. Floor It is the first book on pelvic floor health to specifically address the interests of athletes, going well beyond Kegel reps and rehab to build a path that goes beyond injury treatment and prevention to improved sports performance.
CHECK OUT >> Floor It
Jeff Troesch
Jeff Troesch is an internationally renowned expert in mental skills training and performance enhancement. He began his career as a consultant with the NBA, then assisted the Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball, the U.S. Soccer Federation, USA Track & Field, IMG Academies, and various touring golf and tennis professionals. At the collegiate level, Troesch has played a key role in developing student-athletes at major universities including UCLA, Cal, and Stanford. He has also excelled in cultivating talent in individual sports like tennis, golf, and endurance events. As Director of Sports Psychology for IMG Academy in Florida, he led a team of mental trainers that saw eleven former clients reach world No. 1 in singles or doubles.
Later, as Director of Mental Training for David Leadbetter’s Golf Academies worldwide, he helped shape programs that continue to produce champions on the PGA, LPGA, European, and Asian Tours. Troesch has also worked with NCAA individual champions, served as mental consultant for the US Solheim Cup team in 2022, and guided multiple winners of the US Amateur and US Women’s Amateur Championships.
CHECK OUT >> One Day Better
Ryan Whited
Ryan Whited is a personal trainer, elite climber, and the founder of Paragon Athletics, a gym that empowers athletes with sport-specific strength and conditioning to complement their performance goals. His passion for working with athletes and investigating the nature of biomechanics and human performance is the basis for Paragon’s innovative Training as Treatment program.
Paragon has become a destination for both novice and elite athletes who find themselves sidelined by chronic pain or injury. As a specialist in pain science and physiology, Ryan uses his experience as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist to help his clients avoid surgery, reduce or eliminate pain, and return to their sports with more resilience.
CHECK OUT >> Pain + Performance