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Meet Coach Claudia
A Personal Note
Claudia
is proof that speed does not need to be sacrificed with age.
Claudia’s introduction to running came in high school
(Wisconsin) when she was recruited to run cross country and
track after failing to qualify for the boy’s high school
golf team (there was no girl’s team in those days). Though
she has been running and racing since 1978 she returned to the
track in 2005. In her 2005 debut track season since high school,
she set lifetime PR’s and met All-American Masters standards
in the 1500, mile, and 3000 (ranked in the top 20 nationally
in all events). She also established a lifetime PR in the 5k.
She
has competed in distances ranging from the 800 to the marathon,
duathlons, triathlon, and cycling events. She has almost 25
years of running and duathlon experience including representing
the U.S. in the International Triathlon Union World Duathlon
in 1997 in Spain. Claudia has undergone two knee surgeries,
a stress fracture of the foot and a heart attack (the latter
two in 2006) and so, is keenly aware and personally knowledgeable
about such performance barriers. With a masters degree in community
counseling, she has an acute interest in maintaining (and helping
others maintain) work-sports-home life balance. She specializes
in women’s issues and running. Claudia teamed up with
RxRunning as a coach in the summer of 2004.
Claudia Ward
Born:
April 7, 1963
- 2006
- Established RxRunning Chandler group
- National
USA Track & Field Certified Coach
- Arizona
Interscholastic Association - Cross Country and Track
Certified Official
- 3-Time
2005 Masters Track All-American - 1500 - 5:29.95;
3000 - 11:55; Mile - 6:00.2 - fastest career mile
and 1500 ever run
- 2005
Lake Tahoe Relay - 1st Place Mixed Masters Team
- 1st
Place Masters; 2nd Place Female Overall - ARR 5K Summer
Series 2005
- USTCA
-Distance, Sprints & Relays Certification 2005
- 2004
- Completed RxRunning Comprehensive Coach's training certificate
program
- 2002
- Earned Masters Degree in Community Counseling from the
University of Phoenix; gained recognition as a National
Certified Counselor
- 1997
- Just 16 months following her second knee surgery and
in only her ninth duathlon, she competed in the Duathlon
in Exile World Championship Qualifier and qualified to
be a member of Team USA
- 1996
- Represented the USA in the International Triathlon Union
World Duathlon race in the 30-34 age group held in Guernica,
Spain
- 1996
- Seriously competed in her first duathlon at the FHP
series
- 111-mile
El Tour de Tucson cycling event in 5:54:19 earning a platinum
medal and finishing 47th among the females
- Placed
second in her age division and fourth overall just six
months after her second knee operation.
- 1996
- Second knee surgery
- Post-high
school consistently placed in the top three in her age
group in road races
- 1992
- First knee surgery
- Junior
and Senior years, captained her cross country team to
state titles
- Senior
year, captained the track team to a state title
- In
track, she specialized in the two mile run with a personal
best of 12:36.8.
- Claudia
has two children.
Contact
Coach Claudia
Claudia's
Running Stats
Some
RxRunning Athletes Before & After Performance Comparisons
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