Press
Bio, photos and the book cover. For interviews and appearances, email hi@theothersideofhard.com.
Short bio
The fastest marathoner in the world over fifty. Former prison guard, Wall Street trader and opioid addict. Author of Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Hard and host of RIDEOUT.
Long bio
Ken Rideout is the fastest marathoner in the world over fifty and a former prison guard, Wall Street trader, and opioid addict. His life story has been chronicled in such publications as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Outside.
Since getting sober more than a decade ago, he has won some of the world's toughest races, including, at age fifty-two, the Gobi March, a 155-mile, self-supported race across the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, and a few months later, the Masters (50+) Marathon World Championships.
In addition to his many running victories, he has completed more than ten Ironman triathlons. In 2018, Ken founded capital solutions firm Camrock Advisors. More recently, he founded talent agency Rideout Sports and Entertainment, and is the host of the podcast RIDEOUT: The Other Side of Hard.
He lives in Nashville with his wife, Shelby, and their four children.
Photos
Photograph by Mike Blabac. Credit required.
Photograph by Jason Myers. Credit required.
Scribner, 2026. Credit required.
Past coverage is on Ken's story page.
