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Bio: As a top high school cross-country and track distance runner in the state of Ohio and a Division I scholarship athlete for the University of Iowa in the 1990s, Rodney comes from a strong running background. As a freshman at Iowa, Rodney finished 6th in the country at Junior Nationals in the 1500m and was a top 25 finisher in the Big Ten Cross Country Conference Championship as a sophomore. With a promising start to his collegiate career, things quickly unraveled as a junior with a lack of training at appropriate intensity levels, proper recovery, and many of the protocols that are core to the QT2 philosophy. An overtraining downward spiral quickly ensued that left his competitive tank on empty. Physically and mentally drained, it would be over a decade before the competitive spirit rekindled.
In desperate need of a lifestyle change and now in need of losing sixty pounds of bodyweight, Rodney discovered the sport of triathlon, quickly becoming a true student of the sport. It was a second chance, and he was determined to avoid his mistakes of the past. After losing the excess weight, Rodney has begun to rebuild his aerobic base and durability and slowly return to a competitive level.