Success Stories

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Shannon Boe
Age:33 Shannon Boe
Bio: I started running in July of 2007 when Dave created the running club. It was a way to get back into shape and quit saying that I couldn’t run due to knee problems. I went from thinking the 2 lap warm up was the total work out to completing 2 half marathons! The last one was PF Chang Rock n Roll in Phoenix of which I finished at 2:06:04. It was 27 minutes off my FIRST half marathon. Personal training sessions with Dave last summer helped me summit two Mountains (Mount San Gorgonio and Mount Whitney). Thanks to Dave, I have lost 35 pounds in the past two years and never felt healthier and happier in my life. My next goal is completing a marathon around 4 hours.
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
01-17-10 PF Changs 1/2 2:06:04 6443 493
01-09-10 Run,Walk,Roll
10K. Tempe		 56:45 45 5
05-02-09 SRP night run.
8K. Scottsdale		 47:42 361 41
04-18-09 Pat’s Run. 4.2 run 37:49 3666 918
01-18-09 PF Changs ½ 2:31:21 12264 1263
04-14-07 YMCA 5K 35:58
Laura Fuchs
Age:42 Laura Fuchs
Bio: Running since January 2009. Started with MCC June 2009 running 12 minute miles. Six months later running 9:50 minute miles.
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
10/28/09 YMCA Half 2:24
12/6/09 Fiesta Bowl 2:12
1/17/10 PF Chang 2:09
Dino Farfante
Age:47 Dino Farfante
Bio: After losing 50 pounds seven years ago, I started running to get in shape. Since then I have run over 100 races ranging from 5K to marathons. I joined the MCC team for the group runs and David’s leadership and advice. My last ½ marathon was a course PR for me.
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
12/09 Las Vegas RnR 2:20
1/17/10 P.F. Chang
Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon		 1:46
Wenjing He
Age:45 Wenjing He
Bio: I’ve been running for 3-4 years and with MCC 2 years. Initially my goal was “run a full marathon”. I did it last year and finished within 4 hours. That encouraged me to continue running. I qualified for Boston this time. Join MCC, great coach, great team!
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
Dec. 08 Fiesta ½ 1:50:55
Jan. 09 P.F. Chang
Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon		 3:58:57
Dec. 09 Fiesta ½ 1:52:01 299 10
Jan. 17, 2010 P.F. Chang
Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon		 3:57:33 1784 38
Liz Hill
  Liz Hill
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
9/5/09 Chances 5K 24:43    
10/24/09 Go Daddy Half Marathon 2:21:10    
Holly Wiebelhaus
Age: 25
Bio: I started long distance running about 1 year ago, before then I hadn’t ran more than a few miles at one time. I started with MCC in the fall of 2007, and since then I have completed a 1/2 marathon in Phoenix and a full marathon in San Diego. I hope to run several more races in hopes of beating my personal records.
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
1/13/08 P.F. Chang’s Phoenix
1/2 Marathon		 1 hr 49 mins 1877 68
6/1/08 San Diego
Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon		 4 hrs 9 mins 3472 278
Amanda Holguin
Age: 31
Bio: I started running in January 2007 and joined MCC in October 2007. I completed my first ½ marathon in January 2008
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
10/27/07 YMCA ½ 5K 38:05 184/286 20/28
1/13/08 P.F. Chang’s Phoenix
1/2 Marathon		 3:22:31 17639/20296 1872/2134
4/19/08 Pat’s Run 4.2 49:16 6236/7448 1121/1407
Donna Jagielski
Age: 40
Bio: I have been running off an on for about the last 15 years although I’ve been more serious in the past 4 years. I have been running with MCC for almost a year now. Since running with MCC, I was able to complete my first marathon, a major running goal of mine. I love running with MCC and plan to run another marathon.
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
12/9/07 Fiesta Bowl
1/2 Marathon		 2:29:56 - -
Kris Maack
Age: 45
Bio: High School & Collegiate runner in 80’s. Turned 40 & decided to start running again. Finished a 5:22 first marathon. Was inconsistent with training until I joined MCC in June ’07...Goals: 5K sub 26 & 4:30 marathon...knees willing...
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
7/4/07 ARR 5K#3 28:11 140/305 (F) 17/37
7/21/07 ARR 5K#4 28:59 133/280 (F) 12/25
8/11/07 ARR 5K#5 30:27 146/284 (F) 15/33
8/07 Beat Heat Higley 5K 26:13 75/224 overall 1st - Medal!
11/07 Big Sur Half 2:14 - -
1/13/08 PF Chang AZ 4:39 Marathon PR (Previous 5:22)
5/24/08 ARR 5K#1 27:35 125/277 (F) 8/21
7/4/08 Fishcreek 5K 28:42 123/275 (F) 11/29
Hannah
Age: 17
Bio: I've been running with Dave for 2 years already. i'll be getting ready for the 10 mile Iron Girl in December. I'll be running Cross-Country and Track and Field through my senior year of highschool. My goal is to get some kind of scholarship to a community college for two years in colorado or california, and a scholarship to a university in colorado for two more years. these results from track or from my junior year of high school.
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
5/10/08 State track 2008
at MCC		 1600m - 5:40
800m - 2:26
4x400m relay - 4:08		 1600m - 2nd
800m - 2nd
4x400m relay - 2nd		 9th-12th grades in High School
5/3/08 Regionals
Valley Christen		 800m - 2:27
1600m - 5:43		 800m - 2nd
1600m - 2nd		 9th-12th grades in High School
4/26/08 Last chance qualifier
Bourgade		 800m - 2:28
1600m - 5:50		 800m - 1st
1600m - 3rd		 9th-12th grades in High School
2/29/08 Desert Classic
Queen Creek 		400m - 1:03.18
800m - 2:31.50
4x400m - 4:19		 400m - 3rd
800m - 5th
4x400m relay -
4th		 9th-12th grades in High School
Nilesh Morar
Age: 35
Bio: New to Ahwatukee and have been with MCC for just a few weeks. I just started running for the first time in my life about 3 months ago. I would like to complete the PF Chang’s ½ marathon in 2.5 hours and lose about 15 lbs.
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
5/7/08 Meet me downtown 5k
Tuscon		 36:28 559 49
Arnulfo “Arnie” Ortega
Age: 50
Bio: I have been running consistently for the past 6 years and I have run 8 marathons the last five years; my best time in the marathon is 3:24 two years ago,this was enough to qualify me to run in Boston which I run in 07.
I want to run in December at the Tucson marathon and hopefully I can qualify for Boston again.
Another goal is to run a mile in 5:45 this summer, ultimately my main goal is to stay very healthy where I can still enjoy my running for many years to come.
Thank you David for helping us achieve our goals, God Bless You.
Amy Parshall
Age: 28
Bio: I have been running for about 4 years. I have been with MCC since August of 2007. My original goal was to complete a marathon but now I am working towards breaking 4 hours for my marathon time throughout the next few years.
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
10/27/07 YMCA Half Marathon 2:08:33 270 21
12/9/07 Fiesta Bowl
Half Marathon		 2:02:33 144 19
1/13/08 P.F. Chang’s
Marathon		 4:40:54 3853 310
2/17/08 Lost Dutchman
Half Marathon		 1:59:30 133 21
6/6/2008 Osan AFB, 5K 31:02 - -
Bill McGuire
Age: 47
Bio: I’ve been running for a year now, started with MCC to train for the ’08 Phoenix Rock-n-Roll marathon. After the marathon I stayed on with MCC just to stay in shape. I’m thinking about joining the MCC marathon training to run the marathon on ’09.
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
10/23/07 Phoenix YMCA
1/2 Marathon		 2:32 - -
12/9/07 Fiesta Bowl
Half Marathon		 2:15 - -
1/18/08 P.F. Chang Phoenix
Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon		 4:50 - -
Martin Ward
Age: 35
Bio: I was a runner growing up until I left the Navy in 1996. In April 2006 at 247lbs I decided to start running again and finished PF Chang’s & Nashville half marathons then ran San Diego. I lost 37lbs, but didn’t do as well as I wanted and started a Google search which brought me to David. We made a plan for me to enjoy Virginia Beach half and break 2 hrs at the half in San Jose. After a few short weeks of hard work I actually achieved 1:59 finish at VB and 1:57 at SJ. Now I’m 192lbs of perpetual motion training for a 100 mile ultra-marathon and a 6min/mile PR.
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
6/3/07 Rock 'n' Roll
Marathon
San Diego		 4:46:35 7524 / 15946 840 / 1351
8/2/07 Rock 'n' Roll
1/2 Marathon
Virginia Beach		 1:59:06 4064 / 17025 458 / 1159
10/14/07 Rock 'n' Roll
1/2 Marathon
San Jose		 1:59:06 4064 / 17025 458 / 1159
1/13/08 P.F. Chang's
1/2 Marathon
Phoenix		 1:59:06 4064 / 17025 458 / 1159
5/24/08 Pemberton 50k trail
(100+F)		 6:27:45 - -
7/1/08 1 Mile - PR 6:57 - -
11/15/08 Javelina Jundred Predict 28hrs - -
Michael Lovelace
Age: 34
Bio: I ran cross country and 800’s my senior year of High School. After that I did not run regularly until August of 2007. I joined MCC in March of 2008 and have not decided if I will run the ½ or full PF Chang Marathon in January 2009.
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
4/19/08 Pat's Run
Tempe, AZ		 33:26 915 340
Jennifer Johnston
Age: 22
Bio: I have been running since I was seven years old, starting out with 1 mile road races and youth track. In high school, I was 4-times all-state in cross country, and twice all-state in the 3200m run. I have also been a competitive race-walker as a junior (under 19) and for one year in college, achieving Junior All-American and NAIA All-American twice each.
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
10/13/07 Cactus Cha Cha
7 mile trail run
Waddell, AZ		 52:26 17th overall
2nd female
11/17/07 Hawk Trot 10K
Scottsdale, AZ		 38:43 2nd overall
1st female		 1st
2/2/08 London’s Run
Half-Marathon
Queen Creek, AZ		 1:27:22 5th overall
1st female		 1st
4/12/08 Ahwatukee Foothills
YMCA 5k		 19:23 13th overall
3rd female		 1st
Allison Snyder
Age: 22
Bio:I joined MCC with 2 goals. The first was to run my first marathon, PF Chang’s 2009 and the second was to use it as a qualifier for Boston, which I achieved. Coach David Allison gave me a training program that worked with my schedule. It was tailored for a 3:45 marathon finish time and I came in just under at 3:44:38. Some marathon and half marathon training programs only offer the once a week long run, not MCC. Coach Allison was at the track with us every week , marking our times down, keeping track of our progress, slowing us down or pushing when needed, often joining one of us on the dreaded last lap. His coaching continued all the way up until the last mile of the marathon, where he was waiting to run me in. If I am still in Phoenix for PF Chang’s marathon training, I will most definitely sign up again!
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
  YMCA ½ 1:44:52 92nd overall 3rd
  Fiesta Bowl ½ 1:39:52
* Personal Best		 138th overall
 4th
  PF Chang’s full 3:44:38 1167th overall 49th
Donna Jageilski
Bio:I have been with MCC since August 2007. Since beginning with MCC I have completed two full marathons (P.F. Chang’s Arizona) successfully. This year was most successful as I completed the marathon in 5:35:40, much faster than last year’s 6:08:25!!! Plus my recovery was better! Besides the incredible balance of running workouts David Allison puts forth in his training plan, it is “doable” for everyone and anyone to be successful. One of my greatest reservations for training for marathons was that it was going to take up half my life in order to cross the finish line successfully. David has training plans, which perfectly fits the ‘everyday person’ with the ‘everyday life’. What I have gained most from working with David is that he will encourage you to believe that you can do it. David truly believes each person he works with can cross that finish line – with a smile on your face. Encouragement, confidence and belief are the necessary ingredients for the success of any distance you wish to complete. Paired with a technical running plan which is grounded in expertise, David’s attention to detail, enthusiasm, knowledgeable advice and confidence in each individual he works with, makes MCC stand out from the crowd when it comes to marathon training programs. I am very proud to be a runner of MCC!
Date Race Race Time Overall Finish Age Group Finish
  P.F. Chang’s 5:35:40
* Personal Best		 5490 42.8% age grade