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) [...]
Matt McClintock is one of the latest coaches to become VDOT Certified by Dr. Jack Daniels. He recently published his coaching profile and training products on the VDOT Marketplace. Matt was an All-American at Purdue University, where he earned a B.S. in Movement and Sport Science. He now runs professionally for Reebok ZAP Fitness, a non-profit training [...]
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 [...]
Collin Wainwright, of Springfield, PA, set a new PR and scored a BQ at the Wineglass Marathon. Collin improved his PR by 22-minutes with an official time of 2:49:27. [Full Results] More impressively, in only his second marathon he managed to run a negative split (1:26:48 at the half) and closed with a sub-39 final [...]
Paige Gilchrist is the latest coach to join the VDOT Marketplace. Paige recently graduated from NAU with a Health Science degree. After wrapping up her collegiate career earning second team All American status in the 5k, Paige got her VDOT Coaching Certification and launched her online business. VDOT O2: When and how did you become [...]
We’re proud to report that Stephanie Tang, a longtime member of our local marathon training group with the NY Flyers in NYC, finished her 25th marathon in her fastest time ever. Stephanie completed the Clarence DeMar Marathon in 3:32:06, a 9:35 PR. [Full Results] This result could not have happened to a nicer, more dedicated athlete. We […]
Jennifer Blalock improved her PR by 32-minutes and BQ'd at the Sri Chinmoy Marathon. Her official time was 3:26:02. [Full Results] Jenn trains with Coach Shayne of TeamWRK on the VDOT O2 app. All her hard work this past year paid off: "I hated every minute of training, but I said don't quit, suffer now and [...]
In the near future we'll be adding Reviews on the VDOT Marketplace to help customers choose the right coach. In the meantime, we surveyed some of the athletes who have signed up thus far. It's important to us that we're building a platform of the most experienced, science-based coaches online, but also coaches who provide great [...]