The coach-athlete relationship is key when training for optimal performance. It takes more than just good workouts and advice. Here's a great outcome as a result of understanding and appreciation from both sides of the relationship. VDOT athlete Bradley Geilfuss set a new PR by almost 6-minutes (1.6 VDOT points) at the Mountains 2 Beach [...]
We recently hired two summer interns from the NYU Cross Country and Track program. Last week we introduced Julian Marrufo. Today, we’d like to introduce Ben Heintz. Ben is a Film and Television major in the Tisch School of the Arts. He just completed his Sophomore year and is training towards some big goals as [...]
Our app is growing and so is our team. We're super excited to have two interns from the NYU Cross Country and Track program joining our team this summer. Today, we'd like to introduce Julian Marrufo. Julian is a Sports Management major at NYU's School of Professional Studies. While putting in some serious miles on [...]
"On a roll with #danielsrunningformula," said Danny Monistere, a media research professional from Dallas, TX. This past weekend at the Texas Senior Games Danny reversed the clocks taking second place in both the 800m and 1500m (M50). His 2:28 in the 800M and 5:15 in the 1500m at the age of 53 were both over-40 [...]
Lindsay Jones continues to make huge strides under the coaching guidance of her father. Tim talks about her recent success and how the app has helped them achieve it. Lindsay Sets Another PR Thanks again to VDOT O2 and Daniels Running Formula! Lindsay completed another successful block of training with a solid 8K and a [...]
Kiya Dandena has been working with VDOT Coach Jay Bawcom on VDOT O2 since this past February. He currently has one of the highest VDOT scores on the app logging upwards of 100 miles per week. All Kiya's hard work and dedication paid off this past weekend at the U.S. Marathon Championships where he had a breakthrough [...]
Runs In The Family Lindsay Jones continues to lower her mile PR this summer with the help of her father and coach Tim. Earlier this summer we reported on the father/daughter success. Dad shares the recent race report below: My daughter, Lindsay, carved another few seconds off her mile PR at the Hotel Warner West [...]
High school coach Aaron Pessah attended a VDOT Coaching Clinic last summer. He's currently Head XC and T&F Coach at Andrew Hill HS in San Jose and he's having great success adopting VDOT and Daniels' Running Formula principles. Here he discusses a recent success story about his top athlete Jorge Estrella: Jorge ended his sophomore [...]
Congrats to Matt Nolan of Barry's Bootcamp on his first BQ at the Buffalo Marathon. In the past 6-months he's lowered his marathon PR from 3:20:14 down to 3:03:36 on VDOT O2. @buffalomarathon we did it!! Huge personal #marathonPR for me by 12 minutes. Next up for Matt? He's going after sub-3 in Chicago. You [...]
Aidan Ryan (pictured above) with his coach Kristin Stroupe at New Balance Nationals Indoor after finishing 2nd in his heat and 10th overall in the Boys 1 Mile Championship. His official time was a new personal best in 4:16.49 (71.09 VDOT). [Full Results | Video] This fall/winter Coach Stroupe adopted VDOT O2 to manage her team's training [...]