Becki Spellman is the founder of Spellman Coaching. She's been a competitive athlete for over 25 years and coaching for 14. She is a 4-time Olympic Trials Qualifier in the Marathon (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) and 2-time Akron Marathon Champion (2011 and 2016). Her current marathon PR is 2:40. She's currently sponsored by Oiselle. In [...]
Joost De Raeymaeker, a native Belgian, currently resides in Luanda, Angola, and is arguably the best marathoner in the world in M50. He’s on a mission to win his age group in all of the Marathon Majors. So far he’s accomplished half his goal (Berlin, NYC and Tokyo) with a 2:26:10 PB in Berlin in [...]
VDOT Challenge 19 (December 11-13), sponsored by PWURE. We're excited to feature a new brand that appreciates quality ingredients and the principle of individualization when it comes to supporting your health and training. To take advantage of our sponsor prizes this weekend make sure to schedule a VDOT Challenge on your calendar and sync your [...]
Dan Green is one of the most successful running coaches in the nation. He is the former head coach of The Woodlands High School where he was responsible for 16 Texas State Championships in cross country and track, many individual state champions and one national champion. He once won 23 district titles in 24 years [...]
Jack shared his tips on how to hire a coach and what to expect. You can read the entire article on runnersathletics.com. There are five main reasons that runners decide to hire coaches. They want to: -Understand what kind of training is appropriate to achieve their goals (including running and cross training): how much, how [...]
Our next VDOT Challenge is sponsored by Previnex. Join in on the Thanksgiving weekend virtual racing (Nov 27-29) to win a bottle of their well reviewed Joint Health PLUS. About Our Sponsor Previnex makes premium, clinically effective nutritional supplements that promote longevity, performance, and everyday health. Through its Get Health, Give Health® Program, Previnex donates [...]
Bob Kennedy is considered one of the best American distance runners in history. In 1996, he was ranked 4th in the world at the 5000 meters and once held the American record in the 3000 meters (7:30.84), 2 miles (8:11.59) and the 5000 meters (12:58.21). He is a 2-time Olympian and the first ever non-African [...]
Dr. Jack Daniels answers a question on how to approach training without racing during the pandemic. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep up with new videos. If you're not a VDOT Coach subscriber and want to join future VDOT Coach Conversations on Zoom, please join our coaching group page on Facebook.
Kelly Roberts is the creator of the "Run, Selfie, Repeat" podcast, the free fitness movement the Badass Lady Gang and body-positive initiative #SportsBraSquad. Named by Women's Running as one of 20 women changing the sport of running and gracing the cover of the 2017 body issue, and by Competitor Magazine as one of 12 Influential [...]
Romayn Richards got a BQ in his first marathon attempt but learned a lot along the way… I completed my first ever half marathon on 09/19/2020, with an unofficial time of 1:26:43 (per Garmin), and instantly decided I wanted to try running a full marathon. I figured if I was going to run a marathon, […]