Bryan Gillette is a former executive, an ultradistance athlete, and the president and founder of Summiting Group—a consulting firm that helps leaders and teams reach their peak performance.

For more than 25 years, he has held senior roles in companies of all sizes, leading teams of hundreds of people and managing multimillion-dollar budgets. Through Summiting Group, he has taught or consulted with leaders all over the world and facilitated executive strategic planning retreats for startups and Fortune 100 organizations.

As a lifelong endurance athlete, Bryan has cycled across the US, completed a 300-mile ride in one day, and finished many 50- and 100-mile ultradistance runs. At age 47, he ran 205 miles around Lake Tahoe— that's 8 back-to-back marathons.

Now, he is the author of the new book, EPIC Performance: Lessons from 100 Executives and Endurance Athletes on Reaching Your Peak.

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