Dr. Jason Karp, America's Running & Fitness Expert     

     Brief Bio:

• Doctorate degree in exercise physiology (physiology minor)

• Master’s degree in kinesiology 

• Bachelor’s degree in exercise and sport science (English minor)

• Adjunct Professor of Applied Exercise Physiology, Miramar College, San Diego, CA

• Presenter at national fitness industry and coaching conferences/clinics (for presentations list, click here)

• USA Track & Field certified coach

• Instructor, USA Track & Field’s highest-level coaching certification

• Founder, REVO₂LT Running Team™

• Freelance Writer, international running, coaching, and fitness consumer and trade magazines (for publications list, click here)

• Author, 101 Developmental Concepts and Workouts for Cross Country Runners (Coaches Choice, 2010) and How to Survive Your PhD (Sourcebooks, 2009) 

• Continuing education credit provider for American Council on Exercise (ACE) and National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)

• Sponsored by PowerBar as a member of PowerBar Team Elite™

For more detailed information, download my résumé or bio.  

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“I knew upon entering high school what I wanted to do.  Like many athletes, I had my 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, I have 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.”