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Featured Athlete: Bradley C. Gantt

Bradley C. Gantt, 45

Occupation: Retail Management 

Multiple Ironman Finisher



How long have you been involved in endurance sports and what motivates you?  


What motivates me is a desire to find out what I am capable of.  My favorite quote is by T.S. Elliott who says “Only those who will risk going too far will find out how far one can go.” I have been doing endurance sports since grade school.  I joined the track team when I was eleven and a classmate said there was no way I could run a mile.  I took that as a challenge and became a distance runner … since I always seem to be the best distance runner in the neighborhood growing up.  My first real endurance event was a one hour walk/jogathon in 1981.  It was on a track at the local high school in Federal Way, Washington.  I ran the whole time and did 7.25 miles tying the other top runner.  I was only 12 at the time and promptly threw up on the track after the run.

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