The Runner's Clinic

by Jason Karp, PhD

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If your clients want to be better runners, they need to start by running and training better. This video teaches you how to run better through the use of running form drills and offers a special insider's view to the best lessons and workouts for runners, including lactate threshold runs, VO2max intervals and anaerobic capacity intervals. Explore the scientific and coaching view of the training process and leave with a new knowledge of running!
By Jason Karp, PhD

Jason Karp, PhD (IDEA Author/Presenter)

Dr. Jason Karp is owner of RunCoachJason.com, a state-of-the-science running coaching and personal t... moreDr. Jason Karp is owner of RunCoachJason.com, a state-of-the-science running coaching and personal training company in San Diego, California. The 2011 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year, he is a frequent presenter at national coaching, fitness, and academic conferences, including U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, American College of Sports Medicine, American Society of Exercise Physiologists, IDEA World Fitness Convention, FILEX Fitness Convention, SCW Fitness MANIA, and ECA World Fitness Convention, among others. He has taught USA Track & Field's highest level coaching certification and was an instructor at the USATF/U.S. Olympic Committee’s Emerging Elite Coaches Camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. He is also the founder and host of the VO2max Distance Running Clinic, the San Diego Personal Training Summit, and Dr. Karp's Run-Fit Boot Camp. He is a prolific writer, with over 200 articles published in numerous international coaching, running, and fitness trade and consumer magazines, including Track Coach, Techniques for Track & Field and Cross Country, New Studies in Athletics, Running Times, Runner's World, Women's Running, Marathon & Beyond, Fitness Management, IDEA Fitness Journal, PTontheNet.com, Shape, Oxygen, SELF, and Maximum Fitness, among others. He is also author of How to Survive Your PhD, 101 Developmental Concepts & Workouts for Cross Country Runners, 101 Winning Racing Strategies for Runners, Running for Women and the forthcoming Running a Marathon For Dummies. In 1997, at the age of 24, Dr. Karp became one of the youngest head college coaches in the country, leading the Georgian Court University (N.J.) women's cross country team to the regional championship and was named NAIA Northeast Region Coach of the Year. During that time, he was also a personal trainer and a hospital fitness specialist. After moving to San Francisco, he coached two high school teams, helping a few athletes to win city championship titles and qualify for the state championships. He also coached the elite women's Impala Racing Team and recreational marathon runners for San Francisco Fit®. As a private coach and founder of REVO2LT Running Team, he has helped many runners meet their potential, ranging from a first-time race participant to an Olympic Trials qualifier. A competitive runner, Dr. Karp is a USA Track & Field certified coach and is sponsored by PowerBar as a member of PowerBar Team Elite. Dr. Karp received his Ph.D. in exercise physiology with a physiology minor from Indiana University in 2007, 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 Pennsylvania State University in 1995. His research has included motor unit recruitment during eccentric muscle contractions, post-exercise nutrition for optimal recovery in endurance athletes, training characteristics of Olympic Marathon Trials qualifiers, and the coordination of breathing and stride rate in distance runners. His research has been published in the scientific journals Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, and International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. Dr. Karp has taught at several universities and is adjunct faculty at Miramar College in San Diego, where he teaches applied exercise physiology and at the University of California-San Diego, where he teaches dissertation writing. Contact Dr. Karp at jason@runcoachjason.com or visit www.runcoachjason.com. less