Sarah Ofner: Moving to the Right Beat

July 24, 2018

Sarah Ofner
Senior Brand Manager for Pasta
Riviana Foods

How did you get involved with The D10 Houston?
When I registered I didn't know a soul other than [D10 Founder] Dave Maloney, who had contacted me on LinkedIn. We scheduled a workout together. It was a very nontraditional way to find out about it, I suppose. Once it was on my radar, signing up was something I did completely on my own.

I like to work out with a goal in mind. I like to meet new people and network. Philanthropy was something of a void in my life, and… Read More

Fundraising Masterclass: Let Yourself Be Known

July 24, 2018

Before signing up for The D10 NYC last year, the most Morgan Stanley SVP Crystal Ho had ever raised for charity was $1000 for a 5K run. The D10’s $3000 fundraising minimum struck her as “quite high,” and she “didn’t even know where to start” with the ten athletic events.

Crystal’s only sport since high school had been adult kickball. (“We were pretty hardcore,” she’ll have you know.) Drawn to The D10’s quantifiable results and its “amazing cause” - benefiting pediatric cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering - Crystal bit the bullet and installed a pull-up bar in her New… Read More

Women Who Win: Jenny Cheung

July 24, 2018

The D10's Women Who Win series, brought you in collaboration with ADAY, spotlights some of the incredible female athletes who take to The D10's playing field each year.

Meet Jenny Cheung, vice president at CIBC.

How would you characterize your athletic background?
I grew up being more of a bookworm. I never did any sports and it wasn’t until college that I was introduced to the gym thanks to my roommate. At first I hated the treadmill, I hated running, but over time I got into it. Running eventually became a very therapeutic thing for me, where I could escape from the… Read More

Dylan Drake: Doing Things the Right Way

July 21, 2018

Dylan Drake, Program Manager at Google, won the inaugural D10 San Francisco Men's Individual trophy in 2016, while raising over $5000 for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

Dylan's athletic career had begun in earnest ten years earlier, at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Coming out of high school, he was recruited as a defensive end and matriculated at Yale University.

"The traditions of Yale football were the main selling point," he recalls now. "I really fell in love with the Yale Bowl. I was enamored by the opportunity to play in a stadium with that kind of pedigree."

After…

Megan Light: The Amount We Can Give

July 20, 2018

After my last workout before The D10, I told my trainer I was going to take a couple of weeks off and figure out my next fitness plan while eating copious amounts of junk food. It wasn’t even a full week, however, before I was back in the gym, telling him, “I’m going to do it again, and I’m going to do it better in 2018.”

That is the power of The D10.

I joined my D10 team in 2017 on impulse. I’d like to say that “accidentally” signing up for a ten-event athletic competition is outside my wheelhouse, but it is …

Rookie Spotlight: Courtney Wilde

July 17, 2018

Salesforce.com Account Executive Courtney Wilde, a former UCLA varsity swimmer, recently registered her team to compete in their first D10. She spoke to us about food, training strategies and what it’s like having an Olympic Gold Medalist as your babysitter.

What’s been the arc of your life as an athlete?
I did ballet and tennis as a child, but swimming is what stuck. It was in my family a little bit, because my Mom swam when she was young, and I have an aunt who does triathlons. My uncle played water polo in college.

… Read More

Women Who Win: Shelly Mady

July 17, 2018

The D10's Women Who Win series, brought you in collaboration with ADAY, spotlights some of the incredible female athletes who take to The D10's playing field each year.

Meet Shelly Mady, managing director at Ankura.

What has competitive athletics meant to your life?
Growing up in Pennsylvania, sports were always a big part of my life. I ran cross country, and I played soccer since I was very young. In high school, my soccer team came into its own between my freshman and senior year, and advanced further than it ever had in our school’s history.

What I love most about… Read More

Train With Purpose: Those Sexy Mirror Muscles

July 17, 2018

Train With Purpose is a series brought to you in partnership with bodybuilding.com.

by Mark Bell
Bodybuilding.com contributor Mark Bell, aka "Smelly" from the documentary feature Bigger, Stronger, Faster, is a champion powerlifter. This post has been slightly adapted from its original form.

As a powerlifter, my main goal is to lift as much as I can in the bench, squat, and deadlift. But I don't want to look like a fat, swollen sack of s---. I came up with a program that would allow me to keep lifting heavy and help me grow some big-ass,… Read More

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