Coach Komen finished first in the 45-49 male division in last Saturday's DC Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon. He finished in 1:19:07. This was Wilson's first race of 2023 and the first half marathon race that he has run in several years. Congratulations to all of the runners. Up next for Coach Kiprunning: the 2023 Cherry Blossom Ten Miler ..read more

L'kel set a new marathon PR at the 2022 New York City Marathon, and she also set a new PR at the half marathon distance. Here is her training testimonial. Running has always been an outlet for me. And although I had run races that included several half marathons and one full marathon on my own, because of my difficult experience with the full marathon, I was pretty convinced that I was going to only run one more marathon in my life: the NYC marathon. My plans were to run this one last marathon and to give it my best shot by working with a coach. I learned about Coach Komen through my running n ..read more

Congratulations to L'kel for setting a new marathon PR in this past Sunday's New York City Marathon. 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 ..read more

Sarah Pihonak has been working with Coach Komen since early 2021. In that time, she has set personal records in the half and full marathon at 1:56:33 and 4:13:02 respectively.   Sarah Pihonak running the 2021 Richmond Half Marathon Tomorrow, Labor Day 2022, Sarah will be competing in the New Haven Half Marathon. We wish her the best of luck, and we hope all of tomorrow's runners have a great race ..read more

Tom recently ran in the 2022 Chasing the Unicorn Marathon, finishing in 3:30:28 for his first marathon finish. Here is his training testimonial. 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 t ..read more

Sunday's racing dual was a success! L'kel and Salvatore each set new PRs at the half marathon distance. L'kel finished in 1:59:34, shaving about five minutes off of her previous 2:04 record, and Salvatore came in at 1:24:19, down from his previous PR of 1:33:20. Congratulations to all of the runners. Confetti for everyone ..read more

Sarah Pihonak recently completed the New Haven Half Marathon in 1:55:58. Sarah has been training with Coach Komen for nearly two years, having started working with him in November of 2020. Here is her trainee testimonial: 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 runni ..read more

Tom completed the 2022 Chasing the Unicorn Marathon in a time of 3:30:28 for his first marathon finish. Congratulations to Tom and to all of the race finishers ..read more

Tom, a Coach Kiprunning trainee, will be participating in the 2022 Chasing the Unicorn Marathon. We wish him and all of the participants the best of luck. May you run many Boston qualifying times ..read more

Sarah Pihonak ran well in the 2022 New Haven Half Marathon, finishing in a time of 1:55:58. It was a humid day, eventually turning quite soggy in Washington, DC. Regardless, Sarah ran a great race, and we wish her a hearty congratulations ..read more