Wall Street's best athletes share their training tips

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David Lazarus, of Trillium Trading, won the 40-49 age category in the 2016 edition of the Decathlon.

The annual Decathlon event, where the financial industry's finest compete in events inspired by the NFL Scouting Combine and the Olympic decathlon, is some way off. The New York event isn't scheduled until June.

But already many of the competitors are in training.

We caught up with a few of those planning to take part in the 2017 edition, to run through their training tips.

We spoke with:

• Michael Greco, who works for KGS-Alpha in Boca Raton, Florida, and has an NFL championship ring with the Green Bay Packers. He ranked second in the 2016 edition of the event behind five-time champion Mark Rubin, and he is the early favorite for the 2017 edition.
• Katie Davis is a debt capital markets associate at TD Securities who placed second in 2016.
• Xavier Russo is a Bank of America employee who is hoping to take the team title.
• David Lazarus heads up the Miami office at Trillium Trading, a digital trading firm. He won the 40-49 age category in the 2016 edition of the decathlon.
• Carson Rohrbaugh is an associate in equity capital markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He is taking part in the team event for the third year running.
• Randy Giveans, a vice-president in equity research at Jefferies in Houston, placed third in 2016, winning the 400 meter event.

Here's what they had to say about their training for the 2017 event.