Zika Rea Articles
ZAP Fitness is adding 4 of America's top young post collegiate runners to its resident program. See Below for bios on ZAP's new athletes. Esther Erb - Erb is a 2008 graduate of Case Western Reserve University where she studied Music and Cognitive Science. Erb was the 2008 NCAA Division III 10,000m champion and, while teaching in Vienna, Austria this past year, ran 2:39.47 for the marathon - qualifying her for the 2012 Olympic Trials. Erb hails from Richmond, VA. Josh Simpson - Simpson is a graduate of the University of West Virginia and c...
Coming off 1500m personal bests the week before, ZAP resident athletes Alli Grace and David Jankowski finished their 2010 Belgium trip with successful 5,000m races this past weekend. On Saturday July 10th Jankowski won the National Section 5,000m at the Heusden Athletics Meeting race in a time of 13:41.87 - a mere one second off his personal best. He won the race by 14 seconds. Jankowski will be contesting the Crazy 8s 8k road race in Kingsport, TN this weekend. On Sunday July 11th Grace ran her final track race as a resident ZAP athlete finish...
Resident athletes Allison Grace and David Jankowski began their European track tour at the 2010 Leon Buyle Memorial (Oortigem, Belgium) on Saturday July 3rd and both came away with personal bests over 1500m. Grace began things with a 3.1 second PR of 4:20.34 and Jankowski followed suit less than an hour later with a PR of 3:45.34. Jankowski's race began as a rather pedestrian affair with 400m splits of 63.2 - 2:04.4 at 800m - and 3:03.6 at 1200m. He finished his final 300m in 41.7. "Those 1500m races set the pair up nicely for their 5,000m race...
ZAP Fitness is proud to announce it has acquired a state of the art anti gravity treadmill (Alter G) for its elite athlete program and team. Originally designed as part of an effort to help NASA’s astronauts maintain fitness during space flight, the Alter G treadmill has the unique capability of allowing athletes to run in a semi weightless state of less than half of full body weight all the way up to a full body weight “normal treadmill” mode. Alter G treadmills have now become a staple product for elite athlete trainin...
On a hot and humid evening (Th. 6/24) rookie ZAP resident athlete David Jankowski and veteran Allison Grace both had impressive runs in the 10,000m at the USATF Track & Field Championships (Drake University - Des Moines, IA). Jankowski opened the night for ZAP by finishing fifth in a tactical race (29:18). The race capped off a domestic season which has seen the Oklahoma State graduate run PRs in the mile, 3,000m, 5,000m and 10,000m. In the women's 10,000m Grace finished 8th in a time of 33:12. Both Jankowski and Grace now head to Europe to com...
On a hot and humid evening (Th. 6/24) on the campus of Drake University (Des Moines, IA) ZAP resident athletes David Jankowski & Allison Grace concluded their domestic track seasons on a positive note in the 10,000m event at the USA Track & Field Championships. In the men's race Jankowski finished 5th in the men's 10,000m. Closing his final mile in 4:24, Jankowski capped off a great domestic year in which he has seen personal bests at mile, 3,000m, 5,000m and 10,000m. In the women's 10,000m Grace finished 8th (her highest finish at a US Track C...
Rookie ZAP resident athlete Alissa McKaig continued her successful first year on Friday June 11th by finishing 3rd and running a new 5,000m personal best at the Portland Track Festival in Portland , OR. Closing with a 5:04 final mile McKaig ran 15:55.36 to knock 6 seconds off her PR from MT SAC (16:01) set earlier this season.
4th year resident ZAP Fitness athlete Alli Grace continued her impressive 2010 track season on Saturday 5/1 at the Cardinal Invitational on the campus of Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA). In the women's 10,000m run Grace finished 6th in a time of 32:54.9, an 18 second personal best from her previous best of 33:12. Grace covered her first 5k in 16:29 and her closing 5k in 16:25. She has now run a personal 5,000m track best in each of the last 4 years. First year ZAP athlete Alissa McKaig also contested the event running 34:15. In the men's 1...
For all those who plan to be in Boston this weekend to run or spectate, please come by the Reebok booth at the Marathon expo at the Hynes Convention Center between 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Sunday 4/18 and say hello. A special appearance will be made by the newest ZAP "team member" Elyse Rea - age 1. More than two dozen ZAP campers, friends, donors and family will be toeing the line at this year's race. Good luck to all.
On Saturday 4/10 resident ZAP athletes Thomas Morgan and David Jankowski took part in the 4th annual Blue Shoes Mile on the campus of Furman University. Morgan finished 5th in the race with a time of 4:03 and Jankowski was close behind running 4:04 for a 9 second personal best in the mile. The race was won by Derek Scott in a time of 4:02.