Final Surge Podcast

Welcome to episode 34 of the Final Surge Podcast with our guest Jason Hartmann. Jason was a very successful professional runner who in the last few years Jason hung up his racing flats and traded them in for a coaching whistle. Jason is quickly building a very successful program at Saginaw Valley State and we talk to him about that process.  How did you get your start in running? At what point would you advise a kid to start running full-time in high school based on your running history? You ran at Oregon, what lead to the decision to go there? When you were running at Oregon at what point did you think it may be something you wanted to pursue after college? You had a very successful running area including a couple 4th place finishes at Boston and a top American at Chicago, what was the most memorable race for you? You retired from running in 2014 and decided to get into coaching, what made you want to get involved in coaching? You mentioned you coached Elise Cranny, was that your first time coaching? With ma