Tom Schaefer is a USA Track and Field certified coach.
About
In the early to mid 1970's Tom was a Track and Cross Country athlete, he stopped running after High School. In 1994 he started his 2nd running career to train with and coach his 3 children who were running cross country.
Feeling there was some unfinished business in his own running, Tom started competing again.
From 1995-2009 he completed 25 marathons including Boston, Chicago and New York.
Tom was the founder and coach of the New Jersey Road Runners Youth Running program from 1999-2004.
Since 2002 he has successfully coached first time and veteran marathoners.
His athletes have shown significant improvement's under his tutorage.
Tom is the head coach of the Asha Marathon Team. He is a coach with Stinger's Track and Road Racing Team.
Marathon
Tom is currently coaching many marathoners. In 2004 at age 45, he finished 10th overall in the Charlottesville Virginia Marathon and was first in his age group.
After a 3 1/2 year gap Tom trained for the 2007 Philadelphia Marathon and finished the marathon in 3:24 and qualified for the Boston Marathon. He finished the 2009 Boston Marathon in 3:28.
Contact
Coach Tom is available for individual and group coaching. Tom has sucessfully coached Novice and Veteran runners.
Contact Tom:
tom@runningbuzz.com
