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Iron trucker Nathan Bugg’s health transformation
After he made a bet with his brother that he could finish a marathon, trucker Nathan Bugg has come a long way from 265 lbs. and out of shape. His most recent accomplishment: the Arizona Iron Man triathlon last November.
January 19, 2016
Voices
The champions of the mom-and-pop truck stop
Driver Jeff Barker, with Debra Miller and Todd Ramey, is currently operating a Facebook group dedicated to sharing information on independent mom-and-pop truck stops.
January 28, 2015
Channel 19
Trucker-cycler Scott Grenerth relocates: To Grain Valley
A walk through memory of recent years following the day I met Grenerth running on a Nashville road with Jasmine “Jazzy” Jordan in 2010; Grenerth is now OOIDA’s regulatory affairs director.
June 24, 2014
Life
Pre-diabetic diagnosis births an Ironman
Mercer-leased owner-operator Wesley Wilson lost 100 pounds toward a quest to complete the Lake Placid Ironman race.
November 6, 2013
Channel 19
Alternative two-wheeled transport and fitness on the long road
Prime driver and cyclist Mario Almendarez shares strategies for cycling routes and fitness motivation on the road to better health.
June 25, 2013
Life
Prime driver comes out on top of company cycling competition
Mario Almendarez rode a total of 538.99 miles to win the carrier’s 2013 May Bicycle Challenge.
June 18, 2013
Channel 19
Owner-operator on CNN FitNation team trains in Hawaii
Last week, when I interviewed Roadrunner Transportation-leased owner-operator Glenn Keller (pictured, second from left) about his ongoing training to be a part of CNN’s FitNation Triathlon Challenge, he mentioned to me that he was headed off for a week of training in the state where the Nautica Malibu Triathlon competition will ultimately be held Sept. […]
May 17, 2012
Channel 19
Owner-operator Glenn Keller on the CNN Fit Nation challenge
An interview with owner-operator Glenn Keller about his fitness improvements.
May 10, 2012
Channel 19
Foiling the truck-hackers, winning the triathlon
What’s next, “Truckhacking?” If this doesn’t lend new urgency to the technical standards FMCSA’s mulling for EOBRs, I don’t know what does. Craig Trudell reported yesterday in Bloomberg BusinessWeek on a team of “carhacking” researchers out of the University of California San Diego and the University of Washington, who found during a study that they […]
October 14, 2011
Channel 19
Long-haul swimmer adds running, biking to his competitive repertoire
Siphiwe Baleka (pictured), whom you will remember as the Prime-leased owner-operator who competed and walked away with a couple titles in the U.S. Masters National Swimming championships I wrote about in May, has made headlines yet again — this time not just for his swimming prowess. He placed 56th of 577 competitors at the Warsaw Optimist […]
August 2, 2011
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