I guess it started when I was sitting at a bar watching some games on a Saturday afternoon. There was the standard stuff on all the screens, but one. Playing on that TV was something called The D10 Decathlon. It was a bunch of athletes participating in some kind of intense competition. The events that they were competing in were all familiar and it wasn’t long before I became more interested in watching that than any of the professional games. I was intrigued.

When I returned home I immediately went online to find out what this event was all about…

Market: Boston

Athlete: Robert Pierce, BNY Mellon Wealth Management 

Cancer is a diagnosis and journey that no one should have to endure, let alone a child who has yet to experience so much of what life has to offer. Yet, on the few occasions I have met a young boy or girl battling this devastating disease, I have come away amazed at the positive disposition they carry with them. The most recent such experience was a St. Jude's Children's Hospital fundraiser where I was able to meet a child and his family who were battling cancer. I left…

Market: Boston

Athlete: Sarah Downey,  Accomplice

There was a time when I was totally incapable of doing a single pull-up. Even though I'd done eight years of track and field and five of field hockey, being an athlete didn't mean I could pull myself up over a bar. I was always a fast runner, but we never worked on pull-ups in practice and I justified my inability with the usual excuses: women are more bottom-heavy; we're not built to do pull-ups; it’s just not something I can do.

When I moved on to law school after college, I…

Market: Houston

Athlete: Ryan Walsh, Post Oak Energy Capital

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.” President John F. Kennedy said these words during his famous moon speech at Rice University and most recently Vice President…

Market: San Francisco
Athlete: Justin Nunez, TPG Capital

It has been ten years almost to the day since I lost my grandmother to ovarian cancer. She was the first person I was close to that lost her life to this horrible illness. Four years after she passed, I still found myself thinking about her and struggling to find ways to honor her life. This was when I was first introduced to the The D10 – an event that not only allowed me to compete with talented professionals in finance, but also dedicate my efforts to this special woman, as…

Market: San Francisco 

Athlete: Nick Coulter (Wells Capital Management) 

I competed with The D10 for the first time in 2014. I was drawn equally to the athletic challenge as well as the philanthropic challenge. My grandma and aunt are both cancer survivors so I am unfortunately familiar with the devastating path that cancer leaves in its wake. Their fight motivated me to meet my fundraising goals so that others don’t have to suffer through the same journey. The D10 provided me with the perfect outlet for my competitive side in addition to my desire to make a positive…

Market: Houston

Athlete: Craig Crow (Rice Management Co.)

I’m a first time competitor in the inaugural D10 competition coming to Houston in November and when Dave and the team asked me to describe my motivation behind being involved, I thought it’s simple – January 26th, 2008.

I have never written publicly about my father’s death, much less talk about it with family and friends, but it’s been 8.5 years since my father passed away after his fight with cancer. He was diagnosed with Esophageal cancer (Squamous Cell Carcinoma) in July of 2003 and battled through 4.5 years of chemotherapy…

Market: San Francisco 

Athlete: Jordan Haynes (JP Morgan Chase)

When I was asked to help bring The D10 to the West Coast for the first time it meant the world to me. I've spent so much of my life training and competing in a number of different sports-- but nothing I have done can compare to The D10 Decathlon in terms of the positive impact that it has had on the world. This opportunity to compete alongside my friends and family has challenged me both mentally and physically in the preparation that is required for the big day; however…