With his PR at Grandma's Marathon this summer Craig Hunt has taken his running career to another level. His 2:15:29 puts him 50th on the list of top U.S. marathon finishes in the past two years and less than 30-seconds off the Olympic Trials "A" standard. We wanted to learn more about his transition from [...]
Courtney Barnes moved to Flagstaff, AZ last year and shortly afterwards began working with private coach James McKirdy of McKirdy Trained. In just 8 months she's already accomplished one of her goals of representing Team USA. After her 8th place finish in the 3,000m Steeplechase at U.S. Champs she'll be wearing the USA singlet in [...]
Daniel leads charge through Times Sq. Photo cred: Richard BrounsteinJohn second from right, Tim far right, Photo cred: Richard Brounstein VDOT athletes and coaches represented three of the top 10 spots at the NYC Half. Daniel Mesfun, fresh off his his record-breaking win at Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Half in 1:01:12 (over 2-min PR), led [...]
Hannah Coffin (@han.on.the.run) is a aspiring elite runner and certified personal trainer in Flagstaff, AZ. She's currently training on the app under the tutelage of James McKirdy, head coach of McKirdy Trained. Favorite Workout “One of my favorite workouts is 10 x 800m with a 2.5min walk rest, then 2-miles at Threshold pace. The catch [...]
ESPN XC Classic 4A ChampsESPN XC Classic 4A Champs Over the past several years the XC programs at Holly Spring HS have made great strides. When Coach Henry and Myers took over coaching duties in 2012, the programs had been struggling to compete in one of the strongest 4A regions in the state of North [...]
It's no surprise Karen Dunn has set three PRs all within the past few months. The masters runner from Collegeville, PA is "extremely dedicated in her training and always brings it 100% on race day," says her coach Tim Jones. Karen and Tim are actually both VDOT Certified so Tim says "working with her is [...]
John Raneri, athlete and coach for McKirdy Trained, qualified for his second Olympic Trials at the Columbus Half Marathon. The 26-year-old from New Fairfield, CT finished 2nd overall in a new PR of 1:03:49. [Full Results] Afterwards, John reflected on his race and gave thanks to his coach: As James and I discussed, we decided [...]
Katie Bland got a BQ with her PR performance at the Kansas City Marathon. [Official Result] After the race Katie sent us feedback and gave credit to her VDOT Coach John Carstens. Just wanted to send you a note regarding my success on the VDOT O2 app. I have been working with John Carstens this [...]
Parag Dongre, of Pune, India, has long been a subscriber of Daniels' Running Formula and the VDOT methodology. Earlier this year he took advantage of the VDOT Marketplace to connect with VDOT Certified Coach Tim Jones. In the past three months he has now set personal bests in the marathon (3:18:31 BQ), half marathon (1:28:28) [...]
By Stephen Kersh Jeanne Mack’s journey to a 2:39 Olympic-Trials-qualifying marathon was anything but smooth. What culminated in a superb day of racing and execution for Jeanne, was preceded by injury flare-ups, a summer (read: hot and dreadfully humid) move to New York City, and a struggle to slip into that beautiful, smooth marathon training [...]