Ever since I could remember, I wanted to follow in my father's footsteps as an Olympian. My father, John Nunn, won a bronze medal in rowing at the 1968 Olympic Games held in Mexico City. He was also the Head Coach for the Men's Olympic Rowing Team for the United States in the 1976 Olympic Games held in Montreal. Before the Ironman I began my athletic adventure while playing almost every sport imaginable. I had a taste of what it was like to be on an Olympic Team while rowing for Cal Berkeley from 1998-2001 alongside former Olympic rowers from across the world. At one point, I was the only American born rower to be on the Varsity rowing team out of eight guys. I ended up winning four Pacific-10 Championships and three National Championships in four years on the rowing team. When I was invited to the US National Team in rowing, I had immediate success and won a silver medal at the World Championships my first year on the team in 2001. From 2001-2005, I [...]