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Jason Karp. All rights
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"Bid me run, and I will strive with
things impossible."


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Dr.
Jason
Karp knew upon entering high school what he wanted to do.
Like many athletes, he had his own Olympic dreams.
It’s hard not to imagine, from time to time, winning a gold medal.
That happens when you get the opportunity to race Carl Lewis when
you’re 16. From running 100
meters faster than anyone else to entering the Olympic stadium after running
for 26 miles, alone except for the thousands of screaming spectators, he has
experienced it all. But then the
eyes open, and the mind hesitantly accepts that the extraordinary talent
needed to achieve such lofty dreams is not part of the DNA of these legs.
The passion for the sport, for achieving excellence at the highest
level, in sport and in life, will have to be directed elsewhere, in parts of a life
that can be controlled.
RunCoachJason.com
is the product
of this passion.
The perennial student,
Dr. Karp received his Ph.D. in exercise physiology with a physiology minor from Indiana University in 2007. He
received his master’s degree in
kinesiology from the University of Calgary in 1997 and his bachelor’s degree in exercise and sport science
with an English minor from Penn State University in 1995.
A competitive distance runner himself, Dr. Karp is certified as a track and field coach by USA Track & Field, has taught USATF’s highest level coaching certification, and is sponsored by PowerBar as a member of PowerBar Team Elite™. He has presented his research at the national conferences of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Society of Exercise Physiologists, and has held memberships in the American Society of Exercise Physiologists, American Society of Biomechanics, and United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
For
more detailed information about his background, click on the link to his résumé.
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