Mike Ramsey

Watching the Ironman on TV back in 1982, Mike watched in amazement as Julie Moss stumbled, fell, and crawled her way to the finish, only to be passed at the last minute by winner Kathleen McCartney. Seeing her expend every last ounce of her strength, facing injury and possibly death from the taxing effort, Mike thought to himself, "I want to do THAT." And so he did.

A world-traveling fashion model (no, really) at the time, Mike used multi-sport training and events to keep at the top of that field. He lost count at 100 triathlons by 1991, when he opened Sports Nutrition Source, the first retail chain of nutrition stores specializing in sports nutrition supplements. When son Stephen came along in 1992, endurance took on a whole new meaning. Mike sold the SNS brand to a larger competitor in 2003, and continuing to

focus on raising his son, took a technology position with a local public school district. In addition to the school schedule, Mike enjoys the opportunity to commute to work by bike as often as possible.

An aspiring writer, Mike has published one book ("Hand Job" ©), and is in the process of converting it into a screenplay. Success breeds success, and Mike is now preparing his "Book of Mike-isms" © for publication, and continuing to work on his first novel, a book of poetry, and a series of short stories. Check out his website www.mikeramsey.net for links to writing samples and sales locations.

Here are Mike's 2008 race results:
2nd Place, 50-59 Age Group, Tri4Life, Allen, TX
2nd Place, 50-54 Age Group, PlayTri Sprint Tri, Irving, TX
3rd Place, 50+ Clydesdale, CB&I Triathlon, The Woodlands, TX
3rd Place, 50-54 Age Group, Take On The Heat Triathlon, The Colony, TX
2nd Place, 40-99 Clydesdale, Texas Man Triathlon Olympic, Denton, TX
2st Place, 50-54 Age Group, Stonebridge Sprint Triathlon, McKinney, TX
3rd Place, 50-54 Age Group, Blackland Triathlon, Plano, TX"