In her first race since joining The Run SMART Project Dalit Medina finished first in the 40-44 age group and 12th female overall at the Coyote Hill XC 10k. Her official time was 48:58 (7:46 per mile). Full results.
Dalit works with Run SMART coach Dr. Jack Daniels.
Hayley Long (pictured above) in route to winning the Auburn 10k, has now set two new PRs while following her very own personalized Jack Daniels Training Plan. Following her first plan this past summer Hayley set a new 5k PR and this past weekend following her second plan she set a new 10k PR in 43:52 (7:11 per mile). We should note the next female finisher was almost 5 minutes behind! See full results.
Congrats to Flagstaff, AZ native JP Bonn for setting a new marathon PR!
Thanks for the training plan! I finished the marathon in 3:47:40 beating my
goal of 4:00. I was worried the training plan was too easy but I kept
the faith and it turned out great.
Start customizing your own training plan from legendary coach Jack Daniels.
Run SMART client Don Strout pictured above with legendary coach Jack Daniels after setting a new PR at the Houston Marathon. Don finished in 3:45, a 12 minute personal best! In his last two marathons he has now shaved 34 minutes off his PR since signing up for private coaching.
Don works with Run SMART coach Vince Sherry. This is their 5th PR since they starting working together last summer.
Run SMART client KC Cohen set a new 15k PR this past weekend at the New York Road Runner’s Ted Corbitt 15k in Central Park. KC finished in 1:08:12 (7:20 per mile), 31 seconds faster than her previous best for this distance set back in 2005! [Full Results]
“KC is just getting back to normal training after a little post-Chicago Marathon break.,” said her coach Brian Rosetti. “This was a nice bonus considering we were only looking for a long steady effort to prepare for the Manhattan Half next month. She stuck right to the game plan going out in 7:28 bringing her splits down the whole way with a solid last mile of 7:06!”
Run SMART client Don Strout set his fourth PR under Run SMART at the 2011 MetroPCS Dallas White Rock Half Marathon. He finished in 1:42:24, just over four minutes faster than his previous best. [Full Results]
Run SMART coach Vince Sherry talked about the most encouraging part of Don’s race, “Don dropped his fastest split (7:28) in the last mile, which was faster than the pace he averaged in his last 10k race.” That’s a great sign! We’re looking forward to seeing more from Don soon.
Run SMART client Scott Mersiowksy finished 2nd in the masters division at the Mary Washington Healthcare YMCA Turkey Trot. His official time was 17:16 (5:33 per mile). Full Results.
Scott’s 5k PR is 16:46 set back in 2004 at age 38 so we’re excited to see him chipping his way back seven years later. When he signed up for private coaching this past spring he had run a few 5k’s in the 17:50′s range. Looks like his Run SMART coach, Rod Koborsi, is treating him to some of that fountain of youth magic our coaches seem to possess.
Big congrats to Run SMART client Chip Hawkins for finishing third overall and first in the 40-44 age group in his first marathon ever. Chip ran 3:21:32 at the Mississippi Coast Marathon under very hot and humid conditions with temps in the mid-70′s at the start.
Chip works with Run SMART coach Rod Koborsi.
Coming off her win at the NYRR Staten Island Half Marathon in October, Cathrine Wolden set her fourth straight marathon PR as a Run SMART client at the Cal International Marathon this past weekend. Her official time was 2:51:33 (6:33 per mile), four minutes faster than her last marathon and 22 minutes faster than her PR when she started working with Run SMART coach Alicia Shay.
Even more impressive was the way Cathrine executed her race plan. At the halfway mark her split was 1:26:08 so she came home in 1:25:25 for the second half which is only 21 seconds slower than her half marathon PR! Brilliant! Next stop, sub-2:50.
Four years ago, Run SMART client Christen Meyer had what many considered career ending surgery on her Achilles. She underwent a long and slow recovery process but refused to believe she couldn’t compete at a high level again. This past weekend her perseverance paid off at the Cal International Marathon. At age 48, and competing in her first race in four years, Christen ran 2:58:21 to finish second in her age group!
“The best part about Christen’s race was that she said it felt pretty easy,” said her coach Brian Rosetti. (more…)
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