The CEO of Affinity started doing Ironmans in his 40s. Here are 3 ways fitness ties into his career success.

Fine said his triathlon training routine helped him learn how to better strategize and deal with setbacks. Leah Fine Affinity CEO Ken Fine grew up running and only learned to swim in his 40s. He started completing triathlons in his 40s and partly attributes training to his career success. He said training taught him to better strategize and also deal with setbacks. For a triathlete with a rigorous training schedule, Ken Fine's introduction to fitness was a little more happenstance. "I was the type of kid who would, instead of walking to school, run just because I wanted to," Fine, 58, told Business Insider. The CEO of Affinity, an AI-first private capital CRM , or customer management system, eventually went from challenging his friends to races to competing in track and field events throughout his youth, including his time in the Navy.