“Matt makes me excited to coach. His unbridled enthusiasm for this sport is one-of-a-kind and it touches everyone he comes in contact with. He ran New York City with a ton of love for the city and his community, and he was rewarded with a new personal best.” - @stephenkersh
VDOT Coach Rowan Jones PRs in Indianapolis. He has now dropped over 1-hour from his first marathon back in 2012. Since then Rowan has also gotten VDOT Certified and begun sharing his experience and training with other athletes on our coaching platform. I hit nearly all of my training that I set at VDOT 60 [...]
Stacey Kincaid set a new PR at the Chicago Marathon. Her time placed her 14th in the F40 age group. [Results] Even more impressive was her pace management with a first half split of 1:27:11. Stacey works with Run SMART Project coach Ann Alyanak. I couldn’t be happier with Ann and the coaching. She’s a […]
Shelby Harris of Briarcliff Manor, NY set a new PR and BQ at the Chicago Marathon with very even pacing. Her coach, Ann Alyanak, was proud of how well she paced, out in 1:49:18 and back in 1:49:29. [Full Results] The experience working with Ann was awesome and I’m so grateful for it. Thanks!
Michel Werthenschlag trains with our NYC Marathon Training Program via the NY Flyers. All his consistency and hard work is starting to pay off. “Felt great! This was my lifetime half marathon PR and I didn’t even try that hard. I tried to keep a 7:12 pace for the first half and then realized I could […]
We're excited to release the Beta version of our Notifications feed (in-app on vdoto2.com). Our goal with this new feature is to increase interaction and make it easier/faster, not only for coaches to respond to their athletes, but for athletes to quickly track changes as well. Attentiveness is great from a user-experience standpoint, but also [...]
VDOT Coach Mike Sweeney cruised to an 11-minute PR at the St. George Marathon. Mike's negative split (out in 1:30:08, back in 1:27:18) placed him 19th in the M40 division. VDOT plans changed the game for me. Got me faster, helped me get certified and now help me create plans for my running clients. From [...]
Stephanie Tang set her second straight marathon PR, conquering the late climb at Twin Cities with a negative split (first half 1:45:54 vs second half 1:44:36). A huge congrats to my teammates and thanks to New York Flyers for your support, and The Run SMART Project for the great coaching, as always! I honestly felt great the […]
Longtime Run SMART Project client Jorge Ospina of Detroit, MI ran 2:52:03 at the Berlin Marathon. [Full Results] This marks Jorge’s third fastest marathon ever and within 2 minutes of his personal best set six years ago. Thanks again for a great training cycle. Even though I did not break 2:50 I am very happy […]
Stefano Battaglia set a new PR and exceeded his goal/VDOT projected time in Rome: I just completed your 12 week half-marathon program. I’m very happy to tell you that I (we) achieved the goal to complete Rome half-marathon via Pacis in 1:42:50, better than planned. The course is a bit longer than 13.1 miles so […]