It's been a busy fall season for Coach Kiprunning.
This week, we congratulate James for setting a new PR in the 2022 Richmond Half Marathon.
Congratulations to L'kel for setting a new marathon PR in this past Sunday's New York City Marathon.
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| L'kel holding a well deserved finisher medal |
Despite the warm weather, L'kel improved her marathon time by 53 minutes, setting a new PR at 4:31:53.
L'kel trained with Coach Komen for five months prior to race day.
Congratulations to L'kel and all of the finishers.
I connected with Coach Wilson after suffering several overuse injuries when training on my own. He helped me recover from an injury and then skillfully brought my mileage up over time to a point that I didn’t think was possible when I was training on my own. Our work together culminated with a successful first marathon, and I am looking forward to working with him again next season to run an even better marathon time.
(See a complete list of trainee testimonials for Wilson Komen.)
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| L'kel, flexing for the racing dual |
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| Salvatore and Wilson Komen smiling about the dual |
Before starting training with Coach Wilson, my running training was not very organized, and I was injury prone. I was uncertain of how to build mileage effectively without getting injured.In November 2020 I signed up for a personalized half-marathon training program with Coach.Since I began training with Coach Wilson, I’ve been able to realize my goal of running a sub-2 hour half marathon, and have PR’d a full marathon.
His training programs are very detailed and specific to the athlete and their skill level. My training consists of running 5 days a week, a mixture of easy, short runs, as well as faster, more intense runs and long run days; cross- and weight-training days are also scheduled each week. Coach is very accessible and available to answer any questions about the training program. He discussed a detailed race strategy for a half-marathon I ran recently under warm, humid conditions, and I was successfully able to achieve a PR.
I know for certain I would not have been able to accomplish my running goals without his guidance and training, and I look forward to continuing to improve my race times in the future.
(See a complete list of trainee testimonials for Wilson Komen.)
Tom completed the 2022 Chasing the Unicorn Marathon in a time of 3:30:28 for his first marathon finish.
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