Bio

    

Sage Rountree is an internationally recognized authority in yoga for athletes and an endurance sports coach specializing in athletic recovery. Her classes, training plans, videos, books, and articles make yoga and endurance exercise accessible to everyone. Her goal is to help people find the right balance between work and rest for peak performance in sports and in life. An Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, Sage is on the faculty at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Her nationwide workshops include weekends on yoga for athletes; trainings for yoga teachers on working with athletes; and running and yoga retreats. Her students include casual athletes, Olympians, NBA and NFL players, and many University of North Carolina athletes and coaches. Sage competes in running races from the 400m to the ultramarathon and triathlons from the super sprint to the Ironman. A member of Power Bar Team Elite since 2008, she has also been an Athleta Featured Athlete and is currently an ambassador for prAna. She holds coaching certifications from USA Triathlon and the Road Runners Club of America, and she writes for publications including Runner’s World, Yoga Journal, and USA Triathlon Life. She lives with her husband and daughters in Chapel Hill, NC, and co-owns the Carrboro Yoga Company and the Durham Yoga Company.

writer

• The Athlete’s Guide to Yoga: An Integrated Approach to Strength, Flexibility, and Focus
• The Athlete’s Guide to Yoga: A Personalized Practice (DVD)
• The Athlete’s Pocket Guide to Yoga: Fifty Routines for Flexibility, Balance, and Focus
• The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery: Rest, Relax, and Restore for Peak Performance
• The Runner’s Guide to Yoga: A Practical Approach to Building Strength and Flexibility for Better Running
• Contributor to Runner’s World, Yoga Journal, USA Triathlon Life, and Endurance Magazine
• Runner’s World advisory board member
• PhD, English literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001

teacher

• Yoga teacher to University of North Carolina teams, including men’s basketball, football, cross-country, women’s rowing, and men’s lacrosse
• Faculty member at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Lenox, MA
• Workshops nationwide, including the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs; YogaWorks, NYC; Circle Yoga, Washington, DC; Yoga Tree, San Francisco; Yoga One, Charlotte, NC
• Partnering instructor, YogaVibes
• Cited as an expert on yoga for athletes by ESPN, Runner’s World, Inside Triathlon, Yoga Journal, Men’s Fitness, Men’s Journal, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, Martha Stewart Living Radio, and the Chicago Tribune
• Co-owner and director of yoga teacher training, Carrboro Yoga Company and Durham Yoga Company

coach

• Owner of Sage Endurance
• Coach to triathletes with top finishes in local and national events
• Coach to ultrarunner with top-ten finishes at 50K, 40-mile, and 50-mile races; top-twenty finish at 100-mile distance
• Coach to long- and short-course duathletes competing at world championships
• Coach to many content age groupers
• Presenter, USA Triathlon events, including Age Group Nationals and the Art and Science of Triathlon Coaching Symposium
• Speaker, Runner’s World Challenge

athlete

• Ambassador for prAna (since 2012), Brooks Inspire Daily (2013), and PowerBar Team Elite (since 2008)
• Mt. Mitchell Challenge finisher, 2012
• Ninth-place female, Frosty 50K trail race, 2010
• Athleta featured athlete, 2009
• Ironman Coeur d’Alene, 2009
• Team USA, World Triathlon Championships, Vancouver, 2008
• Boston Marathon, 2008 (re-BQ)
• Numerous age-group podium finishes in triathlon and running