Terri Schneider is a writer, speaker, coach, and sport psychology consultant, but her passion is being an extreme multi-sport endurance athlete including being a world-class triathlete for a decade, an elite international adventure racer, and a mountaineer. She obtained her master's degree in Sports Psychology after earning her bachelors of science degree in Exercise Physiology. She has co-authored numerous books including Triathlon Revolution, Triathlete's Guide to Mental Training, and The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of My Feet- Tales from the Wild and Wonderful World of Adventure Racing. She is also the author of Dirty Inspirations- Lessons from the Trenches of Extreme Endurance Sports. Her writing contributions, profile, and interviews have been featured in over 100 publications and websites around the world including Time, Psychology Today, Rolling Stone, Runner's World, Triathlete, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Outside, Oxygen, USA Today, and The New York Times.