Watts, Calif. – Run, Whitey, run!  Over 3,000 people participated in this year's Los Angeles Triathlon, and fifty year old Bob Levy was among the masses.

Levy has done the triathlon five years in a row, but this year he posted his best time ever thanks to a novel change in his training routine: fear-based training.

In an off-road incident last year, Levy was chased by some would-be robbers.  After he eluded his pursuers, Levy was astonished at how fast he must’ve run with the help of adrenaline. 

Levy, a wealthy jeweler, wanted to take his training to a new level.  So he hired African-American and Latino gang members to taunt, threaten and chase him through rough urban neighborhoods.  At other times, he hired young Arab-Americans to hurl anti-Semitic epithets.

Some of the taunts included, "Right behind you, Cracker!" "Better hurry home, fool!" and "Run, Jew boy, run!"

At this year’s triathlon, the tactic paid off: Levy shave 25% off his regular time. 

“When you’re afraid,” says Endocrinologist Warren Schmoidel, “you’re firing on all pistons: physically, mentally — you’re ‘in the zone.’  I’m not surprised at the results.” 

"I had a great time this year and now I am also less afraid of all those ethnic types," said Levy.  "The trick worked so well I'm already thinking about next year.  I can't decide whether to hire someone who looks like an IRS agent...or my ex wife."