James McKirdy is the founder of McKirdy Trained, an online coaching service working with runners of all ages, all abilities, all over the world. In 2016, McKirdy Trained started managing athletes on VDOT O2. They had eight athletes in the Boston Marathon and zero at the Olympic Trials. Just five years later they’ve had hundreds [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
We caught up with Tim Ritchie fresh off his impressive victory at the U.S. Marathon Championships in Sacramento. While pursuing his athletic goals Tim is coaching athletes on VDOT O2 through the fast growing McKirdy Trained private coaching group. We were excited to learn more about his perspective on life as a pro athlete, his [...]
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 [...]