Kelly Walsh
New Orleans attorney Kelly Walsh began swimming in childhood,
but it wasn’t until she was studying for the bar in the summer of 2007
that she became inspired to pursue long distance, open water swimming.......... [MORE]

Rachel Jaffe
Becoming a healthier person has been a long road for Metairie resident Rachel Jaffe, 39. It’s one that has involved overcoming Crohn’s disease, mothering two children, losing weight, and then becoming a personal trainer and fitness competitor......... [MORE]

Ken & Susan Latham
In Christmas of 2008, Mandeville residents Ken and Susan Latham
decided to give each other a unique gift: they gave each other the gift of
a personal trainer. They did not begin the training right away........ [MORE]

Shane Mutter
If you look at the descriptions of many
triathlons, you’ll see that most of them require participants to bike between 20-30 miles. And triathletes are widely and correctly considered to be top notch athletes........ [MORE]

Jessica Chapman
For runners, the marathon is the Holy Grail. Most people can become proficient joggers relatively quickly, running a couple of miles a day for exercise or to lose weight. A smaller number can become skilled....... [MORE]

Laura Montgomery
Metairie resident Laura Montgomery had always been active.
She was a runner, not the type of person to be sedentary. But, after
she and her husband adopted two children...... [MORE]

6.0 mixed doubles tennis team
Winning a local competition in any sport is an impressive accomplishment. Winning at the state level is more impressive. But even more impressive is is earning the right to compete with the best...... [MORE]

Matthew Pettus &
Jessica Allen
While gymnastics has long been established as a premiere sport, two sports that are derived from gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, are quickly establishing themselves...... [MORE]

Albert Pumila
There are all sorts of health problems associated with obesity: hypertension, diabetes, knee problems, just to name a few. But for Metairie resident Albert Pumila, Jr., who stood six feet...... [MORE]

Warren Backer
New Orleans resident Warren Backer felt there had to be a benign explanation for his stomach pains. Maybe it was an ulcer. He had just had kidney stones removed and it might...... [MORE]

Pamela Landry
Part of the horror of breast cancer is that it often strikes women at an early age. Women in their 30s and 40s, who otherwise feel perfectly healthy and are vibrant, active members...... [MORE]

Meghan Patterson
Award-winning athletes are often praised as being humble, despite their many accomplishments. For Mount Carmel Academy’s softball pitcher, 17-year-old Meghan Patterson.....
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Brandon Dumontier
After a few years of unhealthy habits, Lakeview resident Brandon DuMontier decided to get fit again. Not long after he started exercising again, he saw billboards advertising the Oschner.......
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Chris Stuckey
Leukemia has always been a very personal mtopic for Christopher Stuckey. When he was just a boy, his father died of acute myeloid leukemia.
On March 22nd of this year,.......
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Adam Burtuglia
The buildup to competing in an event like the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 is never easy for anyone. But for Metairie resident Adam Bertuglia, it was a long
journey that began with a.......
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Jessica Breedlove Landry
For non-runners, the thought of
participating in a half-marathon or a triathlon is intimidating. Maybe not as intimidating as climbing Mt. Everest, but still pretty daunting for people......
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Jayna Morgan
When a person gets to the point where he/she wants to lose weight,
that person wants to lose it all right away. He/she has a mental picture of an ideal self and wants to get.....
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Suzanne Sonnier
While most people want to be healthy and fi t, in some lives there comes
a point where people start to lose hope. They’ve suffered one too many
injuries over the years or they’ve....
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Chuck Norris
As a city with a limited history of sporting success, it’s always a momentous occasion when a New Orleans team advances to the playoffs or to a national.....
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Glenn Harris
Most athletes peak early. No matter what sport they play, athletes typically accomplish the most during
their mid-twenties to early thirties. After that, time takes its toll on..... [MORE]

Nancy Baldwin
For many people, even the simple act of riding in an airplane is a scary proposition. For even more people, the thought of willingly jumping out of an airplane would be unthinkable.... [MORE]