Moving with Purpose: Long before Jodi Pettit ever reached the finish line of her first marathon, she had reached the end of her rope with her rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis. The pain was fierce, widespread, and nothing like Jodi had ever felt before. She wanted...
Jon Bourgeois is no stranger to pain, as an athlete with arthritis, Jon pushes past the pain of his osteoarthritis in each of his endurance events. This past August, he competed in the 24-hour long Habanero 100-kilometer ultramarathon in the blistering Texas heat. Competing against...
In 2013, Mark Rucker - known by his fans as "The Beast" - lost 135 pounds and finished his first Ironman. As if that wasn’t challenging enough, he is back training for his second Ironman this year. This time, however, he is facing an...
“Hitting the wall” - an expression coined by endurance athletes to describe the bone-crushing fatigue they often encounter during their races - is a situation that triathlete superstar Christy Williams has found herself in frequently. As an arthritis patient of 18 years, she not only...
