“I had been a dedicated basketball player. When the day finally came and I graduated college and didn’t have basketball to train for any more I didn’t know what to do with myself. I became interested in running. I ran my first half marathon and marathon in 2002 and never looked back. As the years passed, I got better and realized that I actually had talent in a sport I didn’t know much about. I made progress by reading on my own about training for this sport I was beginning to love almost as much as basketball. After consistently placing in my age group the past few years and improving my times every year I wondered how much better I could be if I actually had someone training me. Well I have found that out this year. I have had one of my best racing years with the assistance of Jason. It has been a great experience! I recently went back to Philadelphia to run in the marathon and couldn’t be happier with my performance. Not only did I beat my marathon personal best by almost 4 minutes running 3:09:44, but also I had improved my first marathon (2002) by an hour. Jason prepared me well, his training was challenging, and he was always available, even with my living in San Diego, to answer my many questions. Also, knowing after every workout that Jason would be waiting to hear how it went made me push myself just a little bit more. Who wants to disappoint their coach!? When friends and family ask what I did differently to run such a great race I say it was my coach Jason. I did things in my training that I had never done before that prepared me perfectly. I look forward to another training season with Jason and seeing myself improve even more.”
- M.U.