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Brad
Kearns, 41, of Auburn, California is noted speaker, author and
coach for both endurance athletes and corporate employees. During
his nine-year career as a triathlete, he was one of the world's
top ranked professionals, amassing over 30 wins worldwide on the
pro circuit. Career highlights include a remarkable streak of
seven victories in a row, a world duathlon series championship,
two national triathlon championships and a #3 world ranking in
1991.
The
rare combination of elite athlete, writer and coach gives Brad
a powerful platform from which to educate and inspire others to
achieve peak performance and optimum health. Brad's coaching
methods are a culmination of techniques and experiences learned
during a decade as a professional athlete and 17 years as a coach
to fitness enthusiasts of all levels. Brad's philosophy is to
emphasize the appreciation of exercise over obsession with results
and balancing stress and rest to enjoy uninterrupted improvement
in fitness.
Brad's
2005 book, Breakthrough
Triathlon Training, offers a healthy, balanced approach to
a sport - a refreshing departure from the robotic and obsessive
approach taken by many athletes. Brad's unique employee wellness
program at Interwoven, Inc., a Silicon Valley software company,
has been lauded in leading publications like the San Francisco
Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Investors Business Daily
and on television in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as syndicated
Asian television.
Brad has been published in numerous multisport publications worldwide
since 1987. He also created and hosted one of the first radio
shows in the United States dedicated to endurance sports, BK's
Endurance Hour, on KSAC 1240AM all-sports radio in Sacramento,
CA. Kearns continues to give motivational talks to a variety of
athletic and student groups and serves as the race announcer for
several triathlons annually.
Brad
lives in Auburn, Ca with his wife Tracy and their children Jack
and Maria.
Triathlon
Career Highlights
1986
- 1st
- Desert Princess Run Bike Run World Championship Series: Race
#1
- 1st
- Penrod's; Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1987
- 1st
- Desert Princess Run Bike Run World Championship Series: Race
#2
- 1st
- San Diego International
1988
- 1st
- Huntington Beach, CA
- 1st
- Sacramento International
- 1st
- Human Race, Newport Beach, CA
- 5th
- Nice, France World Long Distance Championships
- 6th
- Kelowna World Olympic Distance Championships
- 3rd
- Bermuda International
1989
- 1st
- San Diego International
- 1st
- Human Race, Newport Beach, CA
- 1st
- New York City Duathlon
- 2nd
- Antigua Pineapple Triathlon; Antigua, West Indies
1990
- 1st
- Orange County Performing Arts, Mission Viejo, CA
- 1st
- Eilat, Israel International
- 1st
- Reebok World Triathlon, Toronto, Canada
- 1st
- Oxnard Bud Light, CA
- 1st
- Huntington Beach, CA
- 1st
- Software Publishing Biathlon; San Jose, CA
- 4th
- World Cup, Gold Coast, Australia
- 3rd
- Coors Light National Duathlon Championships, Phoenix, AZ
- 6
victories, 19 top-5 finishes
1991
- 1st
- Bud Light US Triathlon Series Coke Grand Prix Championships
- 1st
- USA Triathlon National Sprint Championships, Aventura, FL
- 1st
- ITU World Cup/Pan American Championships; Ixtapa, Mexico
- 1st
- Bud Light US Triathlon Series Phoenix
- 1st
- Bud Light US Triathlon Series San Diego
- 1st
- Orange County Performing Arts; Mission Viejo, CA
- 1st
- Huntington Beach, CA
- 1st
- Eilat, Israel International
- 1st
- Software Publishing Biathlon; San Jose, CA
- 9
victories, 16 top-3 placings in 16 finishes
1992
- 1st
- St. Anthony's, St. Petersburg, FL
- 3rd
- America's Paradise, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
- 5th
- ITU World Championships; Muskoka, Canada
- 3rd
- ITU World Cup; Beijing, China
- 5th
- Chicago Mrs. T's
1993
- 1st
- DCA Sprint; Stone Mountain, Georgia
- 1st
- Old Sacramento Triathlon
- 5th
- ITU World Cup series final/Pan American Championships; St.
Thomas, US Virgin Islands
1994
- 1st
- Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA
- 5th
- ITU World Cup; Ixtapa, Mexico
- 2nd
- ITU World Cup Duathlon; Dallas, TX
Honors
- 1991
ranked #3 in world by US Pro Athlete Commission rankings
- 7-time
Triathlon Today All-American Professional Team
- USA
Triathlon Top-6 professional ranking for five consecutive years
- 31
Professional Victories, 77 top-5 finishes
- 7
Consecutive victories 1991-1992
- Ranked
#1 duathlete in world for four months, 1986-1987
- Ranked
#1 triathlete in world for two months, 1991
- 1991
Bud Light Series Coke Grand Prix Champion
- Only
American since 1992 to place top-5 at ITU World Championships
Brad
Kearns raced professionally as one of the world's top triathletes
for nine seasons from 1986-1994.He has over 30 victories in his
professional career, including a remarkable streak of seven in
a row in 1991 and early 1992. Brad was a 4:19 miler in high school
and ran cross country at UC Santa Barbara for two years before
injuries ended his running career. He competed for the UCSB cycling
team and won the Western Regional Championship in the novice division
time trial in 1984.
After
graduating in June, 1985 with a degree in economics, Brad worked
all of 11 weeks for an accounting firm, then decided to give a
career as a pro triathlete a try. At the end of his first season,
in November, 1986, he shocked the multisport world with a victory
in the inaugural Desert Princess Run-Bike-Run World Championship
Series event. His improbable victory is still considered today
to be one of the greatest upsets in the history of the sport,
as he spoiled the anticipated showdown between the world's #1
ranked triathlete Scott Molina and the world's #1 ranked duathlete
Kenny Souza.
He
then won his next two races, the Penrod's Triathlon in Florida
and the second of the Desert Princess duathlon series (by five
minutes), establishing himself in the elite ranks of professionals,
and "staving off a pizza delivery job that winter to continue
training full time."
Brad lists among his most memorable races first two Desert Princess
events, where his victories "surprised everyone, including
myself; they gave me the confidence that I could make it as a
pro triathlete"; the 1990 and 91 victories at the Orange
County Performing Arts Center races "Many family and friends
and a great pro field were at those races. The 1991 event, where
I came from 1:45 down off the bike to win, was the hardest run
of my life"; and the 1993 DCA Sprint in Atlanta "It
was one of those days where I felt no pain".
When
asked for the most humorous experience in his career, Kearns related
a trip to Florida in 1987. "I was about to fly home with
George Hoover. I dropped George off, returned the rental car,
and the plane left the gate early without me. I was so mad I ran
out onto the tarmac and screamed and gestured for the pilot to
stop taxiing and turn around to get me. As the security guards
hauled me away I could see George laughing from his window."
Dreams
Do Come True - People Can Fly!
At
the July 26, 2005 Auburn All-Comers Track Meet, Brad Kearns cleared
5'0" (1.52 meters) in the high jump, a height that ranks
him 17th in the USA in the 40-44 Masters Track and Field Age Group.
Fortunately, the effort was captured by high speed digital photography
and will be sent to the Triathlon Hall
of Fame as this is believed to be the highest a triathlete
has ever been off the ground.
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