Imagine a four-to-five-hour daily fitness regimen. Wake up at 5 a.m., hit the bike for about two hours, then immediately head out for a run, followed by intensive core and strength training.
By this point, it’s about 9 a.m. and Chris Hammer is still not done exercising for the day.
At lunch time, he’ll hit the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center on Arizona State University's Tempe campus for his daily 60-plus-minute swim. Some days are less intense and focus more on recovery, but this is a day in the life of a professional triathlete.
Hammer, project coordinator for the Academic Enterprise Enrollment team, is new to ASU and to training in the desert, but he is no stranger to competing at elite levels in both sports and academic arenas.
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