Tag: swimming

Life
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
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Business
Free the whale(s)
Wendy’s baby-pool side-yard refuge holds a hidden danger… “It’ll be good to be back on the road.”
June 8, 2015
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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
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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
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Owner-operator Glenn Keller on the CNN Fit Nation challenge
An interview with owner-operator Glenn Keller about his fitness improvements.
May 10, 2012
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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
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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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Prime driver hauls in national swimming championship
Leased owner-operator Siphiwe Baleka, with Springfield, Mo.-based Prime Inc., won two national championships at the 2011 U.S. Masters Swimming Spring Nationals in Mesa, Ariz., on Friday, April 29. Baleka, who joined Prime three years ago, won first place in both the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle with the second fastest times of the year. He also […]
May 25, 2011
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