Nature’s Original Energy Block

Brian Tullis is a former Division I middledistance runner from the University of South Carolina who returned to competitive racing in his late 40s. At age 50, he set the men’s 50–54 agegroup world record in the 800 meters at the 2024 US Masters National Championships and then broke his own mark that summer at the World Masters Championships in Sweden, running 1:57.98. Now a worldranked agegroup DEKA athlete and preparing for HYROX, Brian balances elitelevel training with a demanding Csuite career and family life — proving that peak performance doesn’t have an age limit.

Davis Helmerich is a former Division I middledistance runner who spent four years at the University of Missouri before completing his collegiate career at the University of Arkansas. In 2025, he won the SEC Outdoor Championship in the 1500 meters with a devastating finish — closing in 52.07 for the final lap and 1:52.96 over the last 800 meters. He went on to compete at the NCAA Championships and is part of the rare group of athletes to break the 4minute barrier in the mile. Davis continues to train and race today, extending his competitive range all the way up to the marathon.

Steve Schmid is a lifelong endurance athlete whose competitive arc spans more than four decades. A twotime qualifier for the NAIA National Cross Country Championships, he went on to compete for the U.S. Marine Corps marathon team for which he ran his best time of 2:32:39. While in service, he continued a running regimen through four deployments to the Middle East and was undefeated in ten road races, winning two marathons in times of 2:41 and 2:43. He now trains more than 70 miles a week in his 60s aiming for a lateyear marathon or firsttime ultra marathon — proof that endurance, for him, is a lifelong practice.