About Me
I'm a marathon coach and competitive distance runner based in New York.
My personal bests include 2:19 for the marathon and 1:06 for the half marathon, with top-100 finishes at both the New York City Marathon (54th) and the Boston Marathon (86th). While those performances have given me great pride, they are not what define my journey as a runner.
In high school, I wasn't a standout prospect. I ran 4:42 for 1600 meters and 10:05 for 3200 meters, and I had to earn my place on the varsity team through years of consistent work. I wasn't the athlete winning championships or receiving recruiting attention. What I did have was a genuine love for training and a belief that improvement was inevitable if I continued to dedicate myself and work hard.
I went nearly a year without improving my track times, but eventually, the breakthrough came and taught me that progress will come, but not always when we expect it. This was a lesson I continued to learn throughout college.
After transferring to Cornell during the pandemic, I spent a year training solo, waiting for my opportunity to try out for the Division I team. When that moment came at the beginning of my junior year, I struggled and watched my goal of two years slip away. It was a difficult setback and one that forced me to rethink my relationship with running.
Instead of walking away from the sport, I committed to finding my own path. Training largely on my own and taking ownership of my development, I transitioned to road racing and began focusing on the half marathon. I narrowly broke 1:15 in my first attempt at the distance, running 1:14:57, but returned to the same race one year later to run 1:10:35. After graduating in 2023, I shifted my focus to the marathon. A stress fracture kept me from running until mid-July, leaving me with just sixteen weeks to prepare for my debut. Despite the abbreviated build, I ran 2:30 and finished 54th overall at the New York City Marathon.
From there, progress continued. I lowered my personal best to 2:23 at the Jersey City Marathon in the spring of 2024 before making another significant leap, running 2:19 at the California International Marathon in 2025.
Those breakthroughs were the result of thousands of small decisions made over many years. Over the course of roughly 30,000 miles of running, I've learned that meaningful improvement rarely happens in a straight line, but consistency has a way of compounding over time.
My coaching is built on the belief that most runners are capable of more than they realize. My own journey wasn't defined by early success or obvious potential. It was defined by a willingness to stay patient, keep learning, and continue pursuing improvement long after many people would have assumed the best was behind them.