Triathlon Workout Planner

John M. Mora is a prolific sports, health and fitness, and medical writer. He is a former contributing editor to Triathlete and currently serves as the running columnist and triathlon feature writer for Windy City Sports. He has written more than 400 articles for national magazines, including American Health, Women's Sports & Fitness, and Runner's World. He also coauthored Paula Newby-Fraser's Peak Fitness for Women (Human Kinetics, 1995) with eight-time Gatorade Hawaii Ironman Triathlon world champion Paula Newby-Fraser. Mora's second book with Human Kinetics, Triathlon 101, has sold more than 60,000 copies worldwide and has been translated into two foreign languages.

Born in Chicago, Mora has competed around the country in 10 marathons, 70 running and cycling events, and 80 triathlons of various distances, from sprint to Ironman. He currently owns Creative3, a marketing business specializing in the health, fitness, and medical industries. Mora lives and trains in Plainfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.