Tracy Sundlun – Inside the Olympics with a Track Geek

With the Tokyo Olympics starting this month, hear from Club 33’s own Olympian, Tracy Sundlun, a Coach, Manager, and Team Leader in 6 summer Olympic Games from 1972 to 2016, as he shares some of his most poignant memories and observations from his unique vantage point from inside the Olympics in the Village and on the Track.

Tracy Sundlun is currently best known as the co-founder of the precedent-setting Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series. But that is just one chapter of the life of this seasoned professional with over 40 years of involvement in virtually every facet of the sports of track and field, road racing, cross country running, and race walking. His experience includes everything from coaching, to sports administration, to event creation, planning, and production; officiating to athlete representation; sponsorship sales to charity fundraising; contract negotiation to television production; event marketing, to government relations, to budgeting and finance.

Tracy is a visionary who is not afraid “to take a chance on being great,” and who has been at the forefront of a number of the sports’ innovations and advances over the past 40+ years. His actions, events, and programs have always epitomized his core belief that the sport should impact all of society; be greater than the sum of its parts; is only as strong as its weakest link; and look to include as opposed to exclude, involving all constituencies and athletes of all ages and abilities.

Currently, Tracy is a self employed, athletics consultant. EVERYTHING RUNNING, INC. is an international boutique event consulting firm focused on ‘Anything and Everything Track & Field, Running, and Race Walking.’