After a disappointing DNF at the 2018 Kona Ironman World Championship, Ed Baker has been spending the past 6 months recovering from a hip flexor injury and getting into shape for the 2019 Ironman triathlon season. During the off-season, he has focused on strength and mobility and has spent the bulk of his training time on his weakest area, which is swimming. He kicked off the season as the 1st place overall amateur at the 2019 Ironman 70.3 Oceanside on April 6th, one day before he turned 40 years old. The following week, he was 1st in his age group and 8th overall at Ironman 70.3 Liuzhou, with a finishing time of 4:01.
Ed is also excited to announce that this year he will be racing in honor of his Ironman hero: his three year old nephew Grant Baker. Ed is supporting the CommonlyRare foundation, a nonprofit his family is launching to help other families navigate the exhausting road to diagnose and treat rare diseases. (Grant will not receive services from CommonlyRare, but he is the inspiration for CommonlyRare's mission.)
Ed lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife and four kids. Ed is an angel investor and growth advisor to various startups including Lime, Zwift, Whoop, Q-State Biosciences, and Change.org. Ed was the VP of Product and Growth at Uber from 2013-2017. Prior to that, he was the Head of International Growth at Facebook, a company he joined after they acquired a startup he co-founded called Friend.ly. Ed has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an A.B. from Harvard University, where he concentrated in Chemistry & Physics.
Follow Ed's journey at www.edbaker.com.
Video produced by Corinne Walder.
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