Ann Centner lives and trains in Tallahassee, FL. She's coming off the USATF Half Marathon where she clocked her second best time of 1:14:52. In October of 2021 at the Chicago Marathon, she ran 2:42 to set her personal best. We reached out to Ann to learn more about her running background, what she attributes [...]
VDOT Coach John Raneri of group McKirdy Trained on grappling with the cancellation of the Boston Marathon and living through a pandemic... After hearing about Boston’s postponement I wasn’t surprised. But like many others in the following days my emotions caught up with me. This was a goal race. Hours of preparation, sweat, and data [...]
We're proud to have over 45 Olympic Trials Qualifiers in the marathon on our app. The story of VDOT started due to an Olympic pursuit and the search for how to train properly in the sport of running. In Atlanta we'll be celebrating the sport we love and the continuation of Dr. Jack Daniels' legacy. [...]
Congratulations to VDOT Coach Malindi Elmore on setting a Canadian national record at the Houston Marathon. Version 3.0 (track, triathlon, marathon): So much for the 10,000 hour rule - this race was 25 years in the making! Millions of steps and thousands of races; from the highs of highs to lows of lows; from crushing [...]
We're proud that our coaching platform, VDOT O2, helps runners of all abilities in pursuit of their full potential. We'd like to take a moment to highlight athletes that are using it at the highest level in this tribute video. Congratulations to the more than 45 runners who have qualified for the 2020 U.S. Olympic [...]
The road to the Olympic Trials started with the trust of a friendship. Caleb Kerr will toe the line again with his former teammate and now coach in Atlanta. "My best friend and college teammate Caleb Kerr had surgery on BOTH his Achilles tendons for Haglund's syndrome in 2016. He spent almost a year without [...]
Kate Landau seen in the NYC Marathon having way more fun than any other elite in the pack. Kate went on to place 15th female overall in 2:33:04. [Full Results] I been working with coach James McKirdy (@McKirdyTrained) for the past 8 months. During that time I have experienced some of the top life stresses [...]
A college teammate of mine at Purdue, Shari was one of the first athletes I started coaching. She had a goal of qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Trials, which she achieved by running 2:43:13 at the Chicago Marathon. Shari has a great ability to always stay positive. After the best and worst workouts she always [...]
"I could not have done this without awesome coaching from Alana. The VDOT training plus her positive vibes had me primed for a great race." - Kevin Curley "Coaching Kevin has been an exciting journey. We started working together as he prepared for the Lake Placid 1/2 Ironman in September. Then using his base from [...]
In the last 4 months Heather Pech has PR’d and won her division (F55) in every race she's entered. She's also PR’d at every distance from 400’s to 30k in workouts. Her performance at Indianapolis achieved Level 9 (Elite) on the VDOT scale. According to Dr. Daniels an age-graded equivalent performance of 2:21:13. July 2019 [...]