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 [...]
@mckirdytrained has 13 coaches working with over 300 athletes on the VDOT O2 app. Here's the founder, James McKirdy, talking about the value of working with a private coach. A post shared by VDOT O2 (@vdot_o2) on Jun 13, 2017 at 12:58pm PDT Learn more about the benefits of working with athletes using VDOT Coach.
Featured Coach - Gregg Mrkvicka Coaching Bio Head XC Coach at Bishop Leblond High School in St. Joseph, MO Assistant Track & Field Coach High School coach for 8 years and adult runners for 2 years Coaches 15 runners and 3-5 adult runners at any given time Why He Loves VDOT VDOT O2 saves me hours every week by [...]
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 [...]
Tomica Čudina set an 8-minute PR at the Frankfurt Mainova Half Marathon. His official time was 1:37:00. [Full Results] Afterwards, he thanked his coach Malindi Elmore: I would like to thank you Malindi for all the support you have given me through out my preparations, with the training program but also with all the advices […]
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 [...]
Featured Athlete/Coach - Paul Whittaker Meet Paul Whittaker of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. Paul is a super fast runner and longtime VDOT adopter. See Paul pictured above getting ready to draft off of Mo Farah, Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele ;) After using VDOT to develop his own athletic skills, Paul decided to become a certified [...]
Featured Coach - Paul Enslin Today we feature Paul Enslin, Head Coach of Amery High School Cross Country. His coaching resume is one of consistent success. Paul has been a longtime fan and follower of Daniels' Running Formula so we're excited to see him adopt VDOT Coach to more easily manage his team's training. Coaching Bio [...]
Featured Coach - Will Small Coaching Bio Coach at Athletics NorthEAST VDOT O2 Certified Coach Currently training over 70 athletes on VDOT O2 Started running 14 years ago Coaching recreational runners of all ages for 5 years Why He Loves VDOT "Until this past year when I subscribed to VDOT Coach, I communicated with my [...]
Featured Coach - James McKirdy Coaching Bio Head Coach of McKirdy Trained Founded Jan, 2016 Serving private clients from beginners to professionals Personal trainer/private coach for 15 years Why He Loves VDOT "I founded McKirdy Trained just over one year ago and we currently serve over 175+ private clients in a 1-on-1 setting to go along [...]