Kickin’ It With The KTrain

Welcome to the college professor who helped me actually structure my book, and who taught me extremely valuable principles when it comes to the worlds of Advertising, Public Relations, and the overall art and science of Communication!

We’re now just 4 weeks, 28 days, away from when Zack and I toe the start line at the 2024 Paralympic Games! If you’d like to show your support for us during the games then please don’t delay in getting your Team USA All For One T-Shirt by clicking the link here https://www.teamusashop.com/mens-blue-team-usa-2024-summer-paralympics-pick-an-athlete-t-shirt/p-243356154623632109+z-94-1730081153 Please...

We’re back with another great interview. Today I chat with Drew Crook who I met when we were both getting our latest Seeing Eye Dogs at The Seeing Eye in Morristown, NJ. Drew was my across the hall roommate and we found ourselves chatting technology, guitar, and everything in-between. Today we nerd out on some tech and what Drew views as the future of tech and what he’s most looking forward to whe...

Welcome to the final preview show for the Americas Triathlon Para Championships taking place on March 8, 2024 at Homestead Miami Speedway! In today’s episode we’re previewing the PTS5 and PTVI sport-classes. Tune in and find out the skinny on who’s racing and how they’ve performed in the past leading into this race. Then you get to decide on who you think will triumph. Unfortunately you won’t be a...

Take another stroll with me down memory lane as we look back at my first major international win in Yokohama, Japan. This race had quite a few hurdles going in since this would be the first World Triathlon sanctioned race after COVID19 shut the world down more than a year earlier. I adapted this podcast episode from an email newsletter/race report that I sent out soon after the race concluded. I d...

It’s now time to pull back the curtain on the PTS3 and PTS4 start lists for the Americas Triathlon Para Championships!

Join Griffin and McKenzie as they analyze the PTWC and PTS2 start lists for the Americas Triathlon Para Championships to take place at Homestead Miami Speedway on March 8, 2024. Tune in next week for analysis of the PTS3 and PTS4 start lists!

Thank you all for tuning into last week’s episode of High Performance Paratriathlon where we broke down a Paratriathlon racing season and how US athletes qualify for the Paralympic Games. Today we’ll discuss a handful of athletes who have already qualified for the Games and then we’ll reveal the initial start list for the Americas Triathlon Para Championships, which World Triathlon released just a...

We’re about one month away from the americas Triathlon Para Championships which will take place at Homestead Miami Speedway this year. That race will play a large role in determining who is selected to represent the USA at the 2024 Paralympic Games. I thought it might be fun to rewind and look back at the last time The Americas Triathlon Para Championships had this kind of impact on determining th...

We’re smack dab in the middle of the Paralympic Qualification window. What exactly does that mean? How do athletes qualify to go to the Paralympic Games in Paratriathlon? I’ve recruited a couple friends—who you met at the end of the last episode commemorating one year of Kickin’ It With The KTrain—to help explain the process. So without further ado, take it away guys! And if you’d like to support...

Wow! It was just about a year ago when I released the first episode to Kickin It With The KTrain. This is the 47th episode I’ve recorded and am super pumped for the year ahead. For those of you that follow me on social media I’m excited to reveal that tease I mentioned to you. So make sure you listen to the entire episode to get all the details. Here are all the links and discount codes to use. El...

I first met Greg Billington in March 2021. Less than six months later Greg guided Brad Snyder to Paralympic Gold in the PTVI men’s race at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. I then got the pleasure of being guided in a half marathon by Greg in 2022 and serving on the USA Triathlon Athletes Advisory Council with him in 2023. As you’ll hear in the episode I’m quite ashamed that I hadn’t known very...

There’s a power in quiet confidence. You won’t find this next guest blasting how good they are on social media, or strutting around wearing all the Gold Medals they’ve won. But when Kendall Gretsch speaks, trains, or races, you better pay attention because she’s one of the best champions you’ll ever come across. Kendall is a dual sport athlete and is one of only a handful of women to win gold meda...

Mohamed Lahna is a two time Paralympian and the 2016 Bronze Medalist in the PTS2 Men’s Class of Paratriathlon. Mohamed grew up in Morocco and immigrated to the United States as an adult. I first met Mohamed at a talent identification camp at the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center when he was already a certified badass and I was a wet behind the ears pup. Mohamed is one of the most humble peopl...

Today is Giving Tuesday, a day when we all pause to remember that giving back to our community whether through a financial gift/donation or through the giving of our time or talent matters much more to our community than anything else we can do. I personally have benefitted so much from organizations that are impacted by the generosity of people like you. Here are just a few of the organizations t...

I first visited the Seeing Eye in 2009 to be matched with my first guide dog. At that time I was just a teenager looking to get rid of my white cane, wanting to be accepted by my peers, and maybe gain a little more confidence and independence along the way. I didn’t just receive a guide dog when I went to The Seeing Eye, I continued my education on what it meant to stick to a values system, and co...

Meet Brad Snyder, my friendly rival, USA Paratriathlon and Paralympic Teammate, and friend. Brad and I came into elite Paratriathlon around the same time and have had some tightly fought battles out on the race course. Of course, Brad bested me in our last two contests and succeeded in bringing home the first ever men’s individual medal for Team USA at the Olympic or Paralympic Games in Triathlon....

Time to introduce you to one of my other Tokyo 2020 Paralympic teammates. A guy who just like me came from more of a long distance triathlon background and just wanted to see what he could do at this short course stuff. Eric McElvenny is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and served several years as a Marine Corps Officer before getting injured while on deployment in Afghanistan. Sit back and listen wh...

Jack Chen grew up curious and as an inventor. He also pushed himself and never accepted that he would just be ordinary. After going totally blind by age 16 Jack went on to Harvard where he obtained undergraduate and graduate degrees in Computer Science. He then went on to work for start ups and found a passion for Patent Law which led him to get his Law Degree. I first heard about Jack when he and...

It’s time to let you get to know the guy who was crazy enough to guide me at the 2020 Paralympic Games. My friend and mentor, Andy Potts. Andy has been an athlete for most of his life and has been competing internationally in some form or fashion for 30 years. Sit back and enjoy as we talk through Andy’s experiences as a swimmer and triathlete. Be sure to keep up-to-speed with Andy on Instagram an...

Hailey Danz has been competing in Paratriathlon since 2012 and has seen the sport grow up. Being a two time Paralympic silver medalist and multiple time world champion doesn't even scratch the surface of who Hailey is. Sit back and enjoy as I chat with my friend and teammate about her life and career!

I’ve been following and studying the work of Phil M. Jones since 2018. Having studied Communication in college I’m always looking to improve my own communication and Phil is an expert in teaching practical ways of getting messages across, creating conversations, and all the while being genuine. Phil and I have never actually met in person but his books, audio programs and Youtube videos have helpe...

Melissa Stockwell is one of the most patriotic people I’ve ever met. She joined the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps in college and received her commission upon graduating. Less than two years after receiving her commission she was deployed to Iraq where she became one of the first female US soldiers to lose a limb in combat during the Iraq War. However, Melissa has taken every challenge that...

Today I chat with Kyle Johnson, President and CEO of Lighthouse Central Florida. Kyle was the man who brought me to the attention of Lighthouse Central Florida when I was struggling to find employment a year after graduating from college. Lighthouse Central Florida had launched a subsidiary social enterprise nonprofit organization, Lighthouse Works, and took a chance on me being one of their emplo...

If you know my story, you’ll know this man’s name immediately. Erik Weihenmayer is the man who helped show me that life as a blind person was possible. Not just surviving as a blind person, but living a life filled with adventure. Sit back and enjoy as Erik and I have a candid conversation about inspiration, adversity, and living a No Barriers life. Check out www.nobarriersusa.com to learn more ab...