Brad Kearns
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Brad Kearns (b. Feb 4, 1965 in Los Angeles, CA) is a noted author, speaker and coach in the fitness world. He was a professional triathlete from 1986 to 1995 and won 31 events on the professional circuit. Career highlights include the 1991 National Bud Light USTS Series/Coke Grand Prix Championship, the 1991 National Sprint Championship, the 1991 ITU Pan American Championship, a streak of seven consecutive victories in 1991-1992 and a year-end #3 world-ranking in 1991.
Kearns first achieved notoriety on the professional circuit when he upset world's #1 duathlete Ken Souza and world #1 ranked triathlete Scott Molina at the inaugural Desert Princess duathlon in November, 1986. As an unranked rookie professional, Kearns spoiled this first-ever showdown between the two world's best with a convincing victory. At the next event in the three race world championship series, Kearns again prevailed, by a margin of five minutes, to assert his position as an elite competitor. His historic upset was part of an extraordinary changing of the guard in professional multisport in 1987. Previously, male professional competition had been dominated by the "Big Four" of triathlon legends Mark Allen, Dave Scott, Scott Tinley and Molina. However, the 1987 season saw young athletes like Mike Pigg, Andrew MacNaughton and others achieve convincing victories on the pro circuit previously reserved almost exclusively for the Big Four. Kearns was the first multisport athlete to use the popular aerodynamic handlebars in competition, which he debuted in the Feb, 1987 third and final race of the Desert Princess Series.
Over the seasons of 1990 and 1991, Kearns achieved 15 victories at major races and 33 top-5 finishes, gaining recognition for his abilities to break away during the cycling leg as well as run as the fastest level in the sport. In world championship competition, he placed 5th at the long course championships in Nice, France (1988) and 5th at the ITU Olympic distance event in Kelowna, B.C. (1992).
Kearns was a distance runner at Taft High School in Los Angeles, CA. He was 17th in the National Junior Olympics Cross Country meet at age 15, and a finalist at the National Junior Olympics 1500meters at age 16, achieving a national ranking of 12th in his age division. He placed 5th in the Los Angeles City Cross Country Championships in 1982, setting a school record that still holds as of 2008. He set a Los Angeles City C Division (i.e. - Frosh/Soph) record in the 1600 meters of 4.26.0 that still holds as of 2008. As a senior, Kearns placed ninth in the California State High School championships 1600 meters with a time of 4:19.3. Kearns graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a B.A. in Business/Economics in 1985. His running career there was riddled with injuries, leading him to embark on triathlon efforts. In his first year of cycling on the UCSB club team, Kearns was state champion in the Novice B division in the 10-mile time trial.
Kearns's 2005 book, Breakthrough Triathlon Training, offers a healthy, balanced approach to a sport - a refreshing departure from the robotic and obsessive approach taken by many athletes. His 2006 book, How Lance Does It, details the attitude and behavior qualities of the Tour de France champion and how you can apply them to your own goals. The book achieved critical acclaim and commercial success with 25,000 copies sold. This led to a 2007 theme-sequel called How Tiger Does It, a similarly styled self-help inspirational book about the golfing legend. Brad's unique employee wellness program at Interwoven, Inc., a Silicon Valley software company, has been lauded in leading publications like the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Investors Business Daily and on television in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as syndicated Asian television.
Kearns has been published in numerous multisport publications worldwide since 1987. He also created and hosted one of the first radio shows in the United States dedicated to endurance sports, BK's Endurance Hour, on KSAC 1240AM all-sports radio in Sacramento, CA. Kearns continues to give motivational talks to a variety of athletic and student groups and serves as the race announcer for several triathlons annually. Kearns produces the Auburn Triathlon annually in Auburn, which attracts over 700 athletes from around the USA and internationally. Past participants include some of the world's top professionals, including two-time Hawaii Ironman champion Tim DeBoom, 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Simon Whitfield, Hawaii Ultraman World Champion Gordo Byrn, and 2x race champion Nicole DeBoom. Kearns also operates a kids fitness program called Running School', delivering comprehensive fitness and healthy lifestyle programming to over 5,000 students at partner elementary schools in Northern California and Nevada. The program has been lauded on Sacramento ABC and CBS network affiliates.
