Tag: ultra endurance athlete
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A Life That Never Stopped Moving When you step back and look at Ted Epstein’s life, the miles, mountains, oceans, and finish lines are almost overwhelming. But the true story of Ted was never just about distance. It was about direction. Yes, he ran 480 miles across Siberia.Yes, he climbed the tallest peak in Antarctica.Yes,…
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The Double Ironman — Racing Through Heat, Grief, and Grit Huntsville, Alabama — 1989–1992 Some races test your legs.Some test your lungs.And some test the deepest corners of your heart. Huntsville’s Double Ironman — known locally as the “90/90” for its brutal 90-degree heat and 90% humidity — was one of those races. For Ted,…
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Swimming the Bering Strait — A Birthday Into History July 19, 1993 For his 58th birthday, Ted didn’t ask for a cake.He asked for the coldest, loneliest stretch of water on Earth. He wanted to swim the Bering Strait. Just a few years earlier, legendary cold-water swimmer Lynne Cox had stunned the world by crossing…