Athletes By Design

Annie Hughes

A former standout High School runner who cut her collegiate running career short to pursue Ultra running. Since we started working together in 2020, Annie was 2nd OA at Bryce Canyon 100, the New FKT for the 160 miler Collegiate loop, and 1st over all at Sedalia 50.

Alec Fleischer

A recent college grad from New York, Alec is a swimmer who has lofty goals in triathlon and ultra running. We worked to get him prepared for his first 50 miler. He nailed The Sangre De Christo 50 and is planning an Iron distance triathlon in 2021

Gwen Rudy

Gwen Dabbles in it all from running to rock climbing to ice climbing and back country skiing. This summer she nailed the Grand Traverse, Sedalia 50mi, was 2nd OA woman and beat all the boys at the Sangre De Christo 100k, and raced with the elite woman at the Moab Trail Marathon

Mark “Smokey” Burgess

Smokey has a long running history. He was an All American runner for Colorado’s Western State college in the 90s. He has finished the LT100 twice, races his Burro, Sweet Pea, in the colorado burro racing scene. I helped him knock 8 minutes off his course time for snowshoe nationals in February 2020.

Sam Frykholm

Sam is a Lake County High School graduate. He is a talented nordic skier and soccer player. We are working together to prepare him to try out for the Colorado College soccer team in 2021.

Alison Rudy

Alison is new to ultra running, but with her passion for the mountains and natural talent, she will most defiantly crush her races in 2021. This year we successfully prepared and completed the Indian Creek 55k in October 2020.

Becky Jewell

Becky and I raced on the Lake County High School nordic and running teams back in the early 2000s. Now she has her sights set on getting into the ultra running scene in 2021 since returning to Colorado this year.

Vikki Everett

Vikki and I survived the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico together. I’ve helped her get into swimming over the last year. She has her sights on a sprint triathlon in 2021.

Sierra Willis

My wife and I met while racing road triathlons as professionals. We recently added Dante to our family. 2020 has been all about returning to training healthfully after pregnancy. Diligently working on pelvic floor physical therapy with a calculated return to training has Sierra feeling stronger and more balanced than ever.

Madison Hartshorn

Madison has some big running adventures planned for 2021. One such event is the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim. We are working together to get into strong running shape to conquer these goals.

Becca Behr

Becca is a Leadville local who wants to up her game on running in the high country. We are working together to improve overall fitness and run form. She has goals to pace a speedy friend in the LT100 in 2021.

Ashok Kumar Muthusamy

I was fortunate to give Ashok swim lesson while he was visiting Leadville. He enjoyed our sessions so much that he decided to hire me to help prepare for his winter ascent of Mount Rainier in early spring 2021.

Keerthana Baskaran

Keerthana and Ashok have been getting into more and more adventurous hikes. We are working together to improve general fitness to stay sharp for their adventures!