D10 Blog

Women Who Win: Amanda Albanese

June 27, 2018

W680 img 2072 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 Amanda Albanese of Fat Llama. 

Six months ago, I could not even imagine the thought of competing in The D10. Yet here I am, a few weeks after the event, proud to say I competed and placed ninth among female athletes for Goldman Sachs' Fan Four team. 

Training for The D10, I found myself pushing harder than I had ever anticipated, fighting through the pain to hit goals that were initially way “out of reach." I remember practicing my row and repeating to myself… Read More

Fundraising Masterclass: Discipline and Persistence

June 24, 2018

W680 guy 3 Steve Cirincione raised $3K for Memorial Sloan Kettering when he joined The D10 family in 2016.
In the two years since, he's raised over $26,000.  

Here's what he's learned about maximizing your fundraising impact. 

When I first discovered The D10, the thought of reaching the minimum fundraising threshold was a daunting one, and nearly a deterrent to my signing up. In the years since, I’ve learned that fundraising is a skill just like any other. If I could improve my 400 meter time from 1:20 (I was pretty slow before Ted’s track workouts) to sub-58 seconds, then I could apply the same disciplined approach toward… Read More

Women Who Win: Grace Bowen

June 24, 2018

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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 Grace Bowen of Anchorage Capital Group. 

This was my first year competing in The D10, and needless to say, it won’t be my last. Similar to many of you in your D10 debuts, I found myself hooked by not only the competition but also the camaraderie. I am grateful for the opportunity to have participated, overjoyed to have raised $5K for Memorial Sloan Kettering, and thrilled about the relationships I’ve built throughout the training process… Read More

BTY Training Lab: Your Macros and Your Lifestyle

June 24, 2018

W680 bty.2 By Bryce Wood 

Bryce Wood is the owner and lead coach of Better Than Yesterday Training Lab in Chicago. Registered D10 athletes can RSVP for complimentary spots at BTY's Saturday morning training sessions between now and The D10 Chicago 2018. 

Read the first two parts of Bryce's three-part series here. 

At BTY Training Lab, we start by setting up your nutrition plan around your lifestyle: when you like to wake up, eat, work, work out, have meetings, have outings, and sleep. Shouldn't your nutrition plan fit into your life, rather than the other way around?

Then you build your plan around the following… Read More

BTY Training Lab: Setting Up Your Macros

June 24, 2018

W680 121841 06 00322 By Bryce Wood 

Bryce Wood is the owner and lead coach of Better Than Yesterday Training Lab in Chicago. Registered D10 athletes can RSVP for complimentary spots at BTY's Saturday morning training sessions between now and The D10 Chicago 2018. 

For an introduction to Bryce and his approach to training and nutrition, see Part 1 of this series. 

Once you’ve established that the Macronutrients (Protein/Carbs/Fat) in your food choices should be the most important part of your overall caloric intake, the foods you choose to make up your diet become a matter of personal preference. You should still… Read More

BTY Training Lab: Tracking Macros vs. Dieting

June 24, 2018

W680 093157 12 00102 By Bryce Wood 

Bryce Wood is the owner and lead coach of Better Than Yesterday Training Lab in Chicago. Registered D10 athletes can RSVP for complimentary spots at BTY's Saturday morning training sessions between now and The D10 Chicago 2018. 

My passion for nutrition, performance, and body composition comes from my athletic background. I played sports year-round (basketball, baseball, and track) and like most kids had no idea about how/what to eat, or how to train to improve myself physically. As a result I had really poor body composition. I also struggled with asthma through middle school and college,… Read More

Kristen Judge: A Bigger Game to Win

June 24, 2018

W680 d10 hou promo 228 Kristen Judge of Twitter is the defending D10 Houston Women's Individual Champion. 
A version of this piece originally ran in 2016. 

Sports and family are the pillars of my life. They've been the constant outlets through which I've developed my experiences, skills, and self-assessments. Hindsight has provided the benefit of realizing that these two things have also taught me the most lessons in dedication, humility, and how to find success. 

After signing up for my first D10 this fall, I dedicated myself to finding success in the competition. I started preparing a training regime, enforced a strict diet, and thought… Read More

Casey Gough: Pain of Preparation or Pain of Defeat

June 23, 2018

W680 134159 09 00171 0000c50 A version of this piece originally ran in June 2017. 

After graduating from Holy Cross in 2008, I knew that I wanted a career path that challenged me, I just had no idea that pathway would take me to Wall Street.  Like any young professional, I leaned heavily on graduates from my alma mater for advice.  Most of them played competitive football in college like myself.  They understood what made me tick, so when they described the competitive atmosphere coupled with a team focused environment… I knew Wall Street was the closest I was going to get to a gridiron… Read More