Alex Knecht is in the Air Force but currently lives and trains in Panama City, FL. He recently competed at the Boston Marathon, a big goal race of his. Having been raised in the northeast originally, the Boston Marathon was always a pinnacle of distance running in his mind and something he worked towards once [...]
VDOT athlete Craig Hunt was second American and 10th overall at the IAU 50km World Championships in Brasov, Romania. Craig's official time was 2:51:42 [Full results]. Team USA was 5th overall out of 17 teams. Coach Jay Bawcom sees a lot of positive takeaways, "I was pleased to see Craig crack the Top 10 at [...]
If you asked Ben Kassel just 6-months ago if he could run a 2:38 marathon he would have said you were crazy. He only started running a few years ago with the intention of losing weight. He weighed 300 lbs and didn’t enjoy running until he did his first race. “Most of the reason I […]
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 [...]