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Taren Gesell

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Taren Gesell is founder and CEO of MOTTIV, and one of the world's top experts on helping adults become endurance athletes later in life. Best known for his YouTube channel ("Triathlon Taren") and his long-running podcast, Taren is the author of the Triathlon Foundations series of books and has been published and featured in endurance publications around the world. He has also been a successful age-group triathlete, runner, and record-breaking swimmer.

Taren Gesell is the founder and CEO of MOTTIV, and one of the world's top experts on helping adults become endurance athletes later in life. Best known for sharing his endurance training and racing story for many years on his YouTube channel ("Triathlon Taren") and his long-running podcast, Taren is also the author of the Triathlon Foundations series of books and has been featured in endurance publications around the world.  He has also been a successful age-group triathlete, runner, and record-breaking swimmer.

Some of Taren's personal best times are:

Sprint Triathlon: 1:04
Half IRONMAN: 4:28
IRONMAN: 9:41
Half-Marathon 1:28
5K (in a triathlon): 19:06
Record holder for longest open water marathon swim ever completed in Manitoba at 37km