About Super Running
Super Running is the blog of Jonathan Marcus, who is an American running coach, meet director, podcaster, and total running geek. Super Running launched in December 2020 and updates daily with new posts.
Super Running is for anyone who has enthusiasm and curiosity for the science and practice of running faster, longer, and stronger as well as fresh ideas, thoughts, and thinking related to running. The overwhelming majority of posts will be on topic — however, on occasion, posts which represent the quirks of its author may appear.
Knowledge and ideas are most powerful when they’re shared freely and widely circulate. With that in mind, the intent of Super Running is to highlight, advance, and share useful information and ideas about the science and practice of running training from a variety of trusted sources to help any reader better their running or coaching practice.
Pursuits of knowledge are perpetually a work in process. And with that in mind, nothing presented on Super Running is not meant to be the final word, only a current understanding which is subject to change as advancements arise.
Jonathan Marcus is an American running coach, meet director, podcaster, and total running geek.
Jonathan has over 15 years of experience and success developing runnings of all levels and abilities. He’s coached several US Olympic Trials and US National Championships qualifiers as well as individual champions at the high school, college, and professional levels.
Top Performers include:
Tara Welling — 2x USATF National Champion: 15K and Half Marathon, 2016. Top-10 finisher 2016 US Olympic Trials, 5,000m & 10,000m. US Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier, 2016.
McKayla Fricker — 4th place finisher 2016 USATF Indoor Championships, 800m. US Olympic Trials semi-finalist, 800m, 2016.
Eleanor Fulton — 2x IAAF World Cross Country Championships member, Mixed Relay. Multi-time Top-10 finisher USATF Championships Indoors & Outdoors, 1500m/1 Mile & 3,000m/2 Mile.
Daniel Herrera — Back-to-back Bring Back The Mile Circuit Champion, 2018 & 2019. National record holder, Mexico, 1 Mile, 3:56.12.
Kristen Rohde — Team USA member, Edinburgh XC Challenge, 2016. Multi-time USATF National Champions qualifier, indoors (3,000m) and outdoors (10,000m).
Roba Sultessa — NWAC Jr. College Champion: 1500m & 800m, 2016.
Aysia Killingbeck — NWAC Jr. College Champion: 3,000m Steeplechase, 2016.
Sarah Dean — Big Sky Conference Champion: 1500m, 2014. School record holder, Portland State University: 1500m, 1 Mile, 3,000m, 5,000m, & 10,000m.
Karlee Coffey — NAIA National Champion: 5,000m & 10,000m, 2013.
Julia Fonk — Oregon High School 6A State Champion: 1500m, 2010.
In 2015, Jonathan founded High Performance West. Originally a track & field club for national class athletes based in Portland, Ore., HPW has evolved to become an online platform which strives to inform, educate, and better running coaches of all levels by publishing regular free and paid subscription content of the highest quality.
In addition to coaching, Jonathan has dedicated his career in athletics to providing highly competitive opportunities for runners at the local and national levels. He is a founding meet director of notable American high performance middle distance meets such as: Portland Track Festival, Adrian Martinez Classic, the USATF Middle Distance Classic (formerly OXY High Performance), and Sunset Tour. He also served as the elite fields coordinator for the Brooks PR Meet, an elite High School track & field meet, and the FloTrack Throwdown High Performance Meet.
In 2011, Jonathan was recognized by USATF as the Long Distance Chairman of the Year for his efforts to advance long distance running opportunities in the state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.
Jonathan is the co-host the On Coaching podcast with Magness & Marcus, started in 2015 with his good friend and colleague Steve Magness.
Steve and Jonathan founded the Magness & Marcus Scholar Program, a continuing education program aimed at providing distance running coaches of all levels with relevant and practical information and knowledge in the form of online courses and programs of study.
His most recent project, Super Running Training, provides 1-on-1 coaching, training, recovery, and club membership services to runners of all levels and abilities.
Jonathan currently holds a Level 1 Coaching Certification from USATF and Strength & Conditioning Certification from USTFCCCA.
He enjoys working with runners of all levels and currently lives in Oregon with his wife, Kristen.
