Jeff Seckendorf is a world record–setting endurance cyclist, award-winning cinematographer, educator, and pilot whose career has been built around one central idea: mastery takes time, and the process is the same whether you are an athlete, a filmmaker, or a leader.
Jeff currently holds four World Ultra Cycling Association endurance records in track cycling. Set in 2025, these records are fastest 100km, 100 miles, 200km, and farthest six hours in the 70+ age group. He has also set two course records at the World Six-Hour Time Trial Championships, one in the 65+ age group and one in the 70+ age group, proving that high performance is not limited by age but driven by process, consistency, and mindset.
Jeff built a decades-long career in the film industry as an award-winning cinematographer, where he learned that creativity and high performance follow the same rules as endurance sport: preparation, discipline, teamwork, problem solving, and the ability to perform under pressure.
Beyond the bike, Jeff has trekked to Mt. Everest Base Camp, Machu Picchu, the Dolomites, and has hiked both the Camino de Santiago and the Kumano Kodo, both world heritage pilgrimages. He is a technical, cave, and rebreather diver, a former ice climber, competition aerobatic pilot, and successful triathlete.
In addition to athletics and film making, Jeff has spent decades teaching and coaching adults in aviation, scuba, and endurance sport — environments where learning, decision-making, and performance matter. He is an instructor-trainer-trainer in scuba, teaching the teachers. For many years he ran One On One Film Training, mentoring emerging directors in visual storytelling. As a flight instructor he coached and trained aerobatic pilots.
Today, Jeff’s keynote presentations combine storytelling from world-record cycling, filmmaking, aviation, scuba, and teaching to show audiences how mastery, resilience, creativity, and leadership actually develop over time. His talks are about the long game, how if you do the process the outcome becomes inevitable, how big goals are achieved, how people reinvent themselves, and how individuals and organizations can build a culture of continuous improvement and excellence.
Credentials and Certifications:
USA Cycling Certified Coach
ISSA Certified Personal Trainer
ISSA Certified Nutritional Coach
Commercial Pilot
Certificated Flight Instructor – Airplane, Instrument
UTD Scuba Diving Technical Instructor
UTD Scuba Diving Instructor-Trainer