Ben Kassel placed 7th overall and 1st in the M35 age group at the REVEL Mt Charleston Marathon. His official time was 2:43:29. [Full Results] Ben currently works with Run SMART Project coach Jay Bawcom.
Thanks for the project’s support, Jay has been instrumental in helping me become a stronger runner these last few months. Cheers!
Jonathan Giles has showed consistent progress since he started training with us back in 2015. Below he shares how working with a coach allowed him to step up his game. He and coach Jay Bawcom are targeting the Brooklyn Half next week.
Jason Yi of Portsmouth, NH broke his long time goal of breaking 1:40:00 at the Cape Cod Half Marathon. His official time was 1:39:36, over 2-minutes faster than his performance the previous year. [Full Results]
Hakim Ghanem set a new PR at the Chicago Half Marathon this past weekend. His official result was 1:44:55, 4-minutes better than his previous best. [Full results]
Not sure which is more impressive, the new PR even though this was just a workout for Hakim as he prepares for his goal race (Chicago Marathon) in a few weeks, or the brand new hardware he received at the finish?!?!
Mark Shilling of Summit, NJ capped off his breakthrough spring season with another big PR at the London Marathon. After setting a new personal best at the NYC Half (1:18:04), Mark dropped 9-minutes off his marathon best in London. Thanks to very even pacing (out in 1:21:23) his official time was 2:43:10. [Full Results] He was 74th out of 4269 runners in the 40-44 age group.
Mark (pictured right, bib 54174) works with Run SMART coach Jay Bawcom. Congrats, guys!
Mike Prest and coach Jay Bawcom are on a roll this fall. Mike capped off a hat trick recently at the Chicago Marathon [full results]. After the race Mike talked about his recent progress…
Within the past month I PR’d in a Half Marathon, 5K and now today a Marathon. I beat my 2012 Grandma’s time by over 27 minutes and over 1 minute faster per mile.
My original plan was just to finish, so a 3:30:11 was way beyond my expectations when I started working with you.
