Military Biography:

• Navy SEAL/Chief Warrant Officer Retired.
• Active duty Aug 1977 - May 1998.
• May 80 - Aug 81 USMC, Okinawa, Japan.
• May 82 - Basic Underwater Demolition- SEAL Training, CA.
• Dec 82 - Mar 85 SEAL Team One, CA.
• Mar 85 - Mar 89 SEAL Team Six, VA.
• Mar 89 - Mar 93 SBU-26, Republic of Panama.
• Mar 93 - Mar 95 SEAL Team Two, VA.
• Mar 95 - May 98 Navy Special Warfare Development Group, VA.

Affiliations:

• NTOA (National Tactical Officers Association).
• Counter Terrorism and Executive Protection consultant to US government.
• NASA Vulnerability/Security Assessment team.
  

Athletic Biography:

• Founder of Odyssey Adventure Racing, Inc.
• Named Virginia Beach Ambassador Extraordinaire – 2002.
• Executive Board Member United States Adventure Racing Association (USARA).
• Product tester/developer for New Balance footwear, Lava Gear, Master Foods,
  Mile High Muscle, SEDA kayaks.
• Consultant for the Adventure Racing Handbook, Holland Press.
• Consultant for "The Thrill of Victorythe Agony of My Feet:
  Tales from the World of Adventure Racing.“. 
• Navy Men's Senior Athlete of the Year Award 1997.
• Odyssey Double IRON (16 mile paddle, 224 mile bike and 52.4 mile run)
  Triathlete Finisher 2003 – and current Double IRON paddling record holder.
• Captain, Trans-Himalayan (Nepal, Tibet and across India) RAID Gauloises
  - (10 days, 500 miles).
• Captain, First All-American Team RAID '98 Ecuador (9 days, 400 miles).
• Captain, RAID '97 South Africa – (11 days, 500 miles).
• Captain, RAID '95 Patagonia – (9 days, 350 miles).
• Captain ESPN Xtreme Adventure Race 1997 – (4 days, 250 miles).
• Captain Great Nor'Easter 1997 – (3 days, 200 miles).
• Professional mountain bike racer (mid-late 80s).
• Cat 3 and 4 road cyclist (70s-90s).
• Numerous 100+ mile Bike Races and Centuries and 1977-2003.
• Iditasport 100-mile bike race, Alaska February 2000.
• Around the Island of Okinawa, Japan 231-mile bike race (Course Record).
• Florida to Texas 300+ miles/day - 1500 in 5 days (Guinness World Record pace).
• 24 hrs of Canaan Mt. Bike Race - 4th place/7th place SOLO; 16th team event.
• 18-Hours of Ivor Mt.Bike Race SOLO; 12-Hours of Ivor Mt. Bike Race, team/SOLO.
• Assault on Mt. Mitchell 100+ mile Bike Race 1997.
• Fat Tire Duathlon - 2nd place 1998 and 1999.
• Sea Shore State Park 50K trail run, 4hrs 30 min, 2nd place.
• 60-mile Umstead, ultra distance run.
• 75-mile Knotts Island road ride (first finisher).
• Mountains of Misery Challenge Century - 100 mile road ride.
• Tour de Virginias, 5-day stage ride, 300 miles, 1750 riders (first finisher in every stage).
• Shenandoah 100-mile Back-Country Mountain Bike Race 1999.
• Paddle for the Bay Kayak Race 1998, 1st place, 2001 2nd place, 2002 2nd place,
  2003 2nd place.
• Former PRO Triathlete - 100s of Triathlons including the Hawaiian Iron Man
  - 57th in 1980 and 38th in 1981.
• 75+ marathons and ultras including Mt Mitchell Marathon (America's Toughest Marathon),
  Black Mountain 40-mile challenge, JFK 50-miler.
• Ran 30 marathons in 36 months 1979 – 1981.
• 24-hour running events in Guam and Panama.
• Qualified for the Western Pacific Cross-Country Championship race 1984.
• Rim to Rim Grand Canyon run.
• Budah Mountain Run Thailand.
• Ran to peak and back Mount Whitney, Mount Washington .
• Ran the Presidential Ridge, New Hampshire.

Don Mann is known for producing and directing more multi-day, adventure races, multi-day triathlons and other extreme sporting events than any other person in the world.

Articles on Don Mann and the events he has produced can be found in: Sports Illustrated, Wall Street Journal, Men’s Fitness, Outside, Runner’s World, Triathlete, National Geographic Adventure, Outside magazine, Fortune, Forbes, New York Times, Washington Post, Adventure Sports Magazine, Chicago Sun Times, as well as many more publications.