Jan Schneider had a breakout race at the South Netherlands Championships, lowering his 5K personal best by 26 seconds en route to a second place overall finish.2014 has been a very good year for Jan, who has posted numerous top three finishes in track, road, and trail races throughout the year. Because of his repeated high finishes and fast times, he was invited to take part in the South Netherlands Championships and the 5000m held
A new program allows any 2L Coaching paying member who has paid for 12 weeks or longer to receive free entry into either the Gettysburg North-South Marathon on April 28th or the Blue-Gray 1/2 Marathon on October 20th. When head coach Lowell Ladd decided to start the marathon in Gettysburg in 2011, one of his goals was to provide an opportunity to create a race that his athletes could do. There were a half dozen clients
A friendly race between coaching staff members Aaron and Lowell Ladd took place in the Northern Central Trail Marathon in Sparks, MD on November 27th and the result was a personal best for one brother and a victory for the other.This marathon, which was the eighth for Aaron and thirteenth for Lowell, marked the first time that the two brothers had raced one another at any distance. A pack of four runners formed early, with
The inaugural Gettysburg North-South Marathon
Lowell Ladd, Head Coach and Founder of 2L Coaching Services, returned to the Harrisburg Marathon where he won in 2008 and again bested the field to win the marathon. Running in his 12th marathon, Ladd was able to finish almost ten minutes ahead of the second place finisher and also best all the relay teams in the event, finishing in 2:33:21.From the start, a pack quickly formed of five runners, including Ladd. Two relay teams
At this morning's ING Philadelphia Half Marathon a team comprised mainly of athletes coached by Lowell Ladd won the Club Division team championship.Team captain Curtis McWilliams decided that it would be a nice twist on personal racing goals to pull together enough friends to meet the requirement of ten members and signed up the group under the label "Ladd's O-Town Runners." The members of the group have all belonged to the same running circle in
Racing on opposite sites of the country and four weeks apart, coaches Lowell and Aaron Ladd competed in the marathons in Reading, PA and Missoula, MT respectively and both were able to earn top three finishes.Marathons from June to August are few and far between in the United States because the innevitable heat makes fast times all but impossible and finishing can even be a chore. The task of not only running, but competing, did
Bestselling author Tom Coyne decided that he needed to embark on a new adventure after writing a trio of books about golf, and settled on running a marathon despite having no background in endurance sports. He not only committed himself to the arduous journey, but recruited eleven others whith little or no running experience and is now taking the first steps of this journey together under the tutelage of the staff at 2L Coaching. Tom knows
After recently finishing the Lake Placid Ironman Triathlon in a very respectable 11:41, Jenny Busover took a few minutes for a Q&A about her experiences with her coach, Aaron Ladd:How does it feel to finish an Ironman? -Aaron Finishing an Ironman feels absolutely amazing. Its almost like I belong to a secret club now. I've accomplished something I've watched on T.V. for years and would always say to myself "someday I'm going to do that
The goal for Emmanuelle Dudon's spring was the TRANSAQ stage race in France, a six day event with runs ranging from 23 to 57 kilometers per day, so she had no other races planned until the fall when she will be running a marathon. The stage race went very well, and Emmanuelle was ready to get back to running just 5 days after the race concluded.As an organizer for a local 6 hour track race,
Since its inception in 2004, 2L Coaching Services has sought to bring coaching to athletes through online coaching. We are excited to announce that we will be supporting the charity Running Across Borders, an organization that provides Ethiopian and Kenyan youth with domestic and international competitive opportunities in athletics, education, and employment opportunities supporting them to make a living as professional athletes in the future. In the horn of Africa, there is no shortage of distance
Most marathon runners spend months training for an event with the goal of running their best time, but realize constantly that if mother nature throws them a curve ball and they get bad weather, that hard work can be for naught (ask anyone who ran the Chicago Marathon in 2007). People who entered this year's Chicago Marathon probably assumed that the race, which has traditionally been known as a PR course because of favorable weather,
Although he did not decide to do the 36th annual Harrisburg Marathon until the day before, Head Coach Lowell Ladd managed to win his first marathon in eleven attempts after previously finishing second (Steamtown 2005) and third (Cape Cod 2000) in his next closest attempts to break the tape.Ladd raced marathon frequently from 2000-2005, completing ten of them and posting numerous top ten finishes without crossing the line first. Since the birth of his daughter
The Active Network, operators of the websites Active.com and ActiveTrainer.com, has partnered with 2L Coaching Services to offer personal online coaching to their members in a deal that will enhance the services provided by Active and extend the market reach of 2L Coaching Services.Active.com, which boasts millions of visitors each month, is the online leader in providing information to individuals looking for events, training programs, training tips and guidance. The site Activetrainer.com allows members of
Brothers Lowell and Aaron Ladd, both active coaches with 2L Coaching, have submitted articles that will be published in two separate running periodicals this spring, marking a return to writing for Lowell and the first published work for Aaron.For Lowell Ladd, founder of 2L Coaching Services, writing is nothing new. Having been published in New England Runners and the Washington Running Report previously, Lowell has seen his writing on various running-related subjects in print materials
Peak Running Performance, the #1 technical newsletter for runners in the United States, has recruited Head Coach Lowell Ladd to be the training expert for the publication's panel of experts. Following the departure of the previous training expert, the periodical conducted a national search to find a qualified coach to serve as their running training expert, and Coach Ladd was one of the many that they contacted. After interviewing several qualified coaches, Coach Ladd was
Stephen Eubanks is a typical 2L Coaching client in many ways: he took up running later in life, got himself started and ran some races, and wanted to take his training to a new level with the help of his coach. What makes his quest for personal bests unusual is the fact that he used to weigh nearly two hundred pounds more just three years ago.In July of 2004, Steve weighed 325 pounds as he
After struggling with a lower leg problem that turned out to be a stress fracture for the second half o 2006, Bernadette Hayburn set her goals for 2007 as rebuilding her endurance, staying healthy, and trying to set some new PRs at shorter races - she has accomplised all three just over a week into the spring season.Before coming to 2L Coaching, Bernadette practiced regularly with a local running club, but seemed to go through
It was supposed to be a training run and mental break from the grind of logging miles in sub freezing Massachusetts weather, but the Sarasota Marathon turned out to be a chance to Barbara McManus to not only win the Sarasota Marathon women's race, but also speed past all but two of the men.McManus, who is focusing her training towards the Poconos Marathon this May, has been logging miles and workouts in some brutal conditions
After a successful weekend running camp last August, a second annual running retreat has been announced for June 22-24th, 2007 and will once again be held in Philadelphia, PA. "After getting a lot of positive feedback from last year's retreat, we definitely wanted to have another one this year and plan to duplicate the popular aspects of last year's weekend and add some things that we think will make this year's even better," announced Lowell Ladd,
As word spreads about how well online coaching works for runners, there are an increasing number of articles in print media about the benefits and success stories about this type of service. The April edition of Health Magazine will include the first hand account of a first time runner who came to 2L Coaching looking for guidance getting started.Jennifer Miller has tried a lot of new things as part of the stories that she writes
People came from New York, New Jersey, Pennylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Virginia to attend the weekend long running camp that was hosted by 2L Coaching on August 4-6th in Philadelphia, and the comments by the group were overwhelmingly positive."When you put together an event like this for the first time, you have all sorts of ideas about how you want it to go, but you never know how it will turn out and if people
When she set her goals for the marathon four months ago, Julie Gilchrist was looking to break the four hour mark and probably did not have even the slightest thoughts of winning the race. But when she crossed the finish line in 3:14:30, she got there almost three minutes faster than the second woman.Julie has been running for most of her life, but decided to enlist the help of an online coach to prepare her
Most people think that runners start to slow down when you hit 40, they even give you the special category of "masters" runners, but someone forgot to tell Bryan Crist, Megan Burns, and Christine Ganze that the days of personal bests are supposed to be in the past once you hit that benchmark in life.Although they had never met before this past weekend, Bryan and Megan had been in touch through the member's forum, and
As part of 2L Coaching Services' efforts to provide a wider scope of offering for runners, a new service will be available this summer in Philadelphia - a weekend running retreat. From August 4-6th, runners of all ages and ability levels are invited to this special event that will include seminars on a variety of running related topics, hands-on demonstrations, small group runs, and more. The retreat will be held at the ACE Conference Center, which
It started as two members of the 2L Coaching online training program deciding to run the Philadelphia Marathon as a good opportunity to motivate one another and run fast this fall, but when the gun went off Sunday morning, there were five of Lowell's athletes racing the 26.2 miles as well as coach Ladd himself.Despite a chilly start in the 30s, the lack of wind and warming temperatures made for ideal marathon racing weather. Megan
Proving that coaches can find time for running themselves, Head Coach Lowell Ladd ran the Steamtown Marathon in Scranton, Pennsylvania on Sunday, October 9th. Under ideal weather conditions - cloudy and 50 degree, Lowell raced to a second place finish is a time of 2:22:34 out of 1437 finishers. The time was 2:34 faster than his previous best, set at the 2002 Boston Marathon. This marked the fourth personal best on the roads in 2005 for
On Sunday October 2nd, Jackton Odhiambo Wassiema made the journey from his native Kenya to Hungary to win the 21st Annual Budapest Marathon for the second straight year in far from ideal running conditions, pulling away from fellow countryman Philip Kirui Kipnengo.Jackton, who has been coached by Lowell Ladd for the past eight months, went in to this year's race not only hoping to win but to claim victory in a fast time. The two
While this Philadelphia based company has appealed to people throughout all parts of the United States from the very beginning, there has been an increasing number of international runners who have found out about 2L Coaching Services. As more people get access to the internet and email, it has become easier for people throughout the globe to take advantage of the expertise of Coach Ladd.As of today, there are paying members from nine different countries
Megan Burns and Kathy Wickersham have never met one another, living in Virginia and Texas respectively. However, these two women have decided to "virtually" train together with the goal of running the 2005 Philadelphia Marathon in 2:54-2:55.One of the features of the member's area of the 2L Coaching Services is the forum, where runners from various backgrounds and locations can share stories and relate to one another. Everyone is coached under the same service, but
It had been 15 years since Megan Burns last ran a marathon, but her return to the 26.2 mile distance was a very successful one as she crossed the finish line as the first female finisher in the 2005 Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach, Virginia on March 19th.The race was not as easy or uneventful as the result might suggest. About seven miles into the race, a walker (they had been started an hour early)
Coolrunning (http://www.coolrunning.com), one of the most popular and highly visited websites for runners has partnered with 2L Coaching Services to help spread the word about this service and the benefits that runners of all ages and ability levels can enjoy from it.
As part of 2L Coaching Services' efforts to bring top quality coaching to runners everywhere, a one week free trial of the service is now being offered. To find out how a personal coach can help you achieve the most from your training, sign up today and get online coaching for one week without cost or obligation to continue. You will be able to have a personally assigned coach design customized workouts, get answers to questions,
After co-founding Myicoach.com in April of 2001, Head Coach Lowell Ladd decided to take his coaching talents and start a new company. Thus, in January of 2005, 2L Coaching Services was born.With almost four years of experience as a full time online coach, along with two prior years of coaching experience as a college coach, Lowell brings a wealth of coaching knowledge to this new website.While online coaching is not a new phenomenon, Lowell has