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A Day At Zap Fitness

Blowing Rock, NC ⋅ Sep, 3 2007 - Sep 5 2007 | Coverage created by Flotrack

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About Pete Rea

Organization:	ZAP Fitness
College:	University of Connecticut
High School:	Farmington High School
Bio:	Pete is the Elite Athlete Coach and Coordinator at the ZAP Fitness Team USA Training Center, and has been in that role since ZAP's opening in 2002. Since ZAP has opened Rea has guided more than a dozen… + See More + Pete is the Elite Athlete Coach and Coordinator at the ZAP Fitness Team USA Training Center, and has been in that role since ZAP's opening in 2002. Since ZAP has opened Rea has guided more than a dozen… + See More - See Less - Pete is the Elite Athlete Coach and Coordinator at the ZAP Fitness Team USA Training Center, and has been in that role since ZAP's opening in 2002. Since ZAP has opened Rea has guided more than a dozen athletes to Olympic Trials berths in distances from the 1,500m to the marathon, including 2 finalists at the 2008 Olympic Trials in Eugene in the men's 5,000m. In addition, under Rea's tutelage, 4 ZAP men have qualified for the Senior Men's World Cross Country Team, 1 has been named to the World Road Team, and 4 women have been selected as part of Team USA Ekiden Relays in Korea and Japan. The ZAP fitness men also won the 2006 & 2007 USATF National Club XC Championship. Prior to his time at ZAP Rea coached club and open level athletes in both Atlanta and Connecticut. He also coached and taught British and American Literature at Atlanta's Walton High School prior to his time in North Carolina. Rea was a 9 time Connecticut State High State Champion in high school in cross country and track and ran for the University of Connecticut where he graduated in 1992 (Journalism / American Literature) as an All Big East Conference XC Selection. After college, while receiving his master's degree, Rea ran for Team Nike South and began coaching local Atlanta high school athletes and open men and women. Rea's training philosophy is based on a long term view toward success wih each program being highly individualized from the 1,500m to the marathon. Rea's athletes are extremely varied in their training based on background and what each body can handle in terms of overall volume and intensity. Rea writes a monthly "Learning from the Young Guns" column in Running Journal and freelances for Running Times, Carolina Sports and Fitness.

#8	Jimmy Elam May 6, 2009 at 7:39pm Does the Zap program help develop 1/2 Marathon and Marathon athletes ? reply
#7	PeytonH August 3, 2008 at 7:30pm I ran a long run at Moses Cone this morning and had no idea Zap was up there! Excellent trails and beautiful scenery! reply
#6	Brendan OKeefe September 24, 2007 at 6:00am anonymous, you definitely can. Thats how it worked for me. I spent almost two years as a regional athlete. The regional athletes get first priority if they hit any of the A standards. reply
#5	Anonymous Coward September 23, 2007 at 2:29pm does anyone know if you can start out as a regional runner and then get good enough to be a fully funded athlete and switch over?? reply
#4	Anonymous Coward September 23, 2007 at 3:51am moses cone park is very hilly reply
#3	Anonymous Coward September 21, 2007 at 8:27pm love zap reply
#2	Hw September 21, 2007 at 10:46am Ashley, That was my favorite part! reply
#1	Ashley September 21, 2007 at 7:55am Very informative video! Especially enjoyed watching the group of 4 older girls run by! Ha! Ha! Just kidding, I am one of the 4 and that was not fun to watch! reply

ZAP Facts

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ZAP Fitness head coach, Pete Rea, talks about some of the ZAP facts. For example how many athletes ZAP supports and what are their time standards.
September 20, 2007

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ZAP Fitness Foundation (ZAP) was founded in 2001, as a non-profit training center for post-collegiate, Olympic hopeful distance runners. Zap located in the western mountains of North Carolina in Blowing Rock. Zika Palmer the co-founder and owner and Head Coach, Pete Rea asked Flotrack to come by and see how their athletes live and train. Zap is a beautiful place with great people and food. Zap supports it's athletes through adult running camps, high school and college team visits and donations. It's a relaxed, fun and great place for US distance running. Check out their website (zapfitness.com) for more info and here on Flotrack as we give you more videos in the coming weeks from Zap and follow along with some of the Zap runners as they blog here on Flotrack.