Mayor Gavin Newsom

Mayor Newsom's
Stadium to Stadium 10K Challenge  

Sophie Maxwell
District 10 Supervisor

Dean Karnazes

Named by TIME magazine as one of the, “Top 100 Most Influential People in the World,” Dean Karnazes has expanded the limits of human endurance and along the way has inspired countless others to be the best that they can
be. Men’s Fitness says, “Dean Karnazes might just be the fittest man on
the planet,” yet it is his unique ability to enthuse athletes of all abilities and backgrounds that truly sets him apart.

An internationally recognized endurance athlete, Dean has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits. He has raced and competed on all seven
continents. Among his many accomplishments, he’s run a 135-mile
ultra-marathon across Death Valley in 120-degree temperatures and a marathon to the South Pole in negative 40 degrees. He’s run a 200-mile relay solo, racing alongside teams of twelve, and has completed a 350-mile
run. In 2006, he ran 50 marathons, in all 50 US states, in 50 consecutive
days, finishing with the NYC Marathon, which he completed in three hours flat.

Dean and his incredible adventures have been featured on The Today Show, 60 Minutes, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS News, CNN, ESPN, The Howard Stern Show, NPR’s Morning Edition, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, the BBC, and many others. He has appeared on the cover of Runner’s World, Outside, and Wired magazine’s, and has been featured in TIME, Newsweek, People, GQ, The New York Times, USA TODAY, The Washington Post, Men’s Journal, Forbes, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, and the London Telegraph, to mention a few. He is a monthly columnist for Men’s Health, the largest Men’s publication in the world.

A New York Times Bestselling author, his first book, Ultramarathon Man:
Confessions of an All-Night Runner, was the #7 bestselling sports book
worldwide in 2005. His much anticipated second book, 50/50: Secrets I
Learned While Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days—and How You Too Can Achieve
Super Endurance!, is slated to be released in conjunction with a
feature-length documentary film chronicling his cross country marathon tour.

Dean serves on Mayor Newsom's Shape Up San Francisco Physical Activity Council and is a member of the California Senate Task Force on Youth Wellness.

For more, visit: www.Ultramarathonman.com

 

Samuel Harvell

has been participating in running events for the past 20 years, running distances ranging from 1 mile to the marathon.  After completing his first marathon in San Francisco in 1986, Samuel went on to run marathons throughout the United States and in Canada.

Samuel established My Marathon Fitness in 2007 (www.harvellfitnesstraining.com), which focuses on boot camp training for people who want to get in shape or lose weight, and trainnig programs for runners. When Samuel is not training his cleints, he teaches as a Critical Thinking Instructor at San Francisco State University.