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Meet The Team
Braden Goimarac
Braden serves as the Director of Strength and Conditioning for Track & Field and Cross
Country at Brigham Young University, where he has helped develop numerous team
and individual national champions alongside a host of All-Americans. In tandem with the
collegiate squad, he works with a team of professional marathoners and track athletes,
helping produce Olympians, Olympic medalists, national champions, and the fastest
marathoners in American history.
For too long, the world’s most elite runners’ training practices, and the science behind
them, have seemed beyond the reach of everyone else. Braden has made it a priority to
make this science digestible and its application intuitive. Now you, too, can train like the
best runners in the world.
Isaac Wood
Isaac Wood is a NCAA Division I Head Cross Country and Track Coach at the
University of the Pacific and the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Run Elite
Program, Utah’s premier professional running organization. He has built a reputation for
developing athletes at every level, from collegiate competitors to national champions
and professional runners, with teams capturing national titles and earning multiple All-
American honors under his leadership. His coaching blends high-performance
physiology, structured periodization, and a deep commitment to individual athlete
growth.
Through the Run Elite Program, Isaac has helped build a comprehensive support
system for professional runners in Utah, integrating medical partnerships, sports
science, strength training, and financial backing to foster long-term success. The Run
Elite support network has contributed to the development of seven Olympians and
numerous national champions, helping establish Utah as one of the premier hubs for
professional distance running in the country.
Conner Mantz
Conner Mantz is one of the most accomplished American distance runners of his
generation. A two-time NCAA Division I Cross Country Champion at BYU in 2020 and
2021, he capped an undefeated senior season with a course record and became the
first American in over a decade to win the NCAA title. Since turning professional in
2021, Mantz has rapidly ascended the global marathon ranks, winning the 2024 U.S.
Olympic Marathon Trials, placing 8th at the Paris Olympics, and consistently finishing as
a top American at the World Marathon Majors. In 2025, he set the American record in
the half marathon with a 59:17 in Houston and later broke the American marathon
record with a 2:04:43 performance in Chicago, cementing his place among the fastest
Americans in history.
Kiera D'Amato
Keira D'Amato is one of the most accomplished American distance runners of her era. A
four-time All-American at American University from 2002 to 2006, she earned 11 Patriot
League titles and Academic All-American honors before stepping away from
professional running in 2009 due to injury.
After returning to competition in 2016, D’Amato steadily rose through the marathon
ranks, qualifying for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials and establishing herself as
one of the top American distance runners.
In 2022, she broke the long-standing American women’s marathon record with a
2:19:12 performance at the Houston Marathon. That same year, she represented the
United States at the World Athletics Championships, finishing 8th in her first global
championship appearance.
In 2023, she set the American half marathon record, running 1:06:39 at the Gold Coast
Half Marathon. A three-time USATF national champion and former American marathon
record holder, D’Amato remains one of the most accomplished and consistent American
performers across the half marathon and marathon distances.
She is also the author of the 2026 biography Don’t Call It a Comeback, detailing her
unconventional return to elite competition and rise to American record holder.
