W E E K E N D WA R R I O R S
Olaf Schulz AGE: 36 OCCUPATION: Head of R&D and Manufacturing for AgNovos Healthcare SPORT: Running, triathlons, adventure racing…suffering. FAMILY: Erin (girlfriend) and Nacho (puppy) FIT CLUBS: Breakaway Running, Los Locos Triathlon/Race Team WW HALL OF FAME: Gibson Guitar 5k – 1st in age group, Zoom Through the Zoo 4 miler – 1st in age Group, Memorial Day 3 miler – 1st Overall, Boston Marathon – 2:45:00, Little Rock Half Marathon – 1st in age group, Move It Memphis 10k – 1st Overall, Swampstomper 25k – 1st Overall. MOST MEMORABLE WW MOMENT: For the last number of years, I’ve organized the Breakaway team for the Tour d’Esprit 24-hour relay race. For over 10 consecutive years, the Pilgrimage Track Club won the race. We were the first team to beat them. The icing on the cake was breaking the hallowed record of 240 miles in 24 hours. That record still makes me smile. ADVICE TO NOVICES: (1) Don’t build your mileage too quickly. You’ll likely get injured soon after. (2) Take stretching and mobility as seriously as your workout. That 30-second stretch you learned in high school is no good. Research Myofascial release. BEST EATS: I’ve become a big fan of Interim Restaurant lately. Jason Dallas does an innovative job. The Elegant Farmer is also a lot of fun.
HEALTH+FITNESS | August 2014
PET PEEVE: Subterfuge—demeaning someone else to make yourself look better.
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IF YOU WERE STRANDED ON A DESERTED ISLAND, WHAT TWO THINGS WOULD YOU BRING? After a lot of adventure racing, I’m too much of a Survivorman fan to not bring firestarter and a multitool. SUPERPOWER: It’s a tie between super healing (e.g. Wolverine) and the healing power of a shaman. QUOTE: “[They] drew a circle that shut me outHeretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took [them] In ! – from the poem “Outwitted” by Edwin Markham
Olaf ran the Boston marathon (26.2 miles) in 2:45:00 at a pace of 6:17 per mile. Interview by Hailey Thomas. Photo by Sarah McAlexander.