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National Spokespeople

Team In Training^� (TNT) has more than 1,100 coaches working throughout the United States and Canada to help get participants in proper shape to complete a marathon, half-marathon, hiking adventure, triathlon or 100-mile (century) bicycle ride. They are a resource for every facet of the TNT experience, from purchasing the right apparel to improving racing technique and diet.

Coaches travel with their teams to each event and are along the race route to encourage and guide the athletes. The program's head coaches include some of the nation's top endurance sports innovators.

Marty Liquori - National Chairman & Spokesperson
Marty has served as national spokesperson for TNT since 1990 and has been an influence in the world of sports and fitness for three decades. After running a sub-four-minute mile in high school, he became the top-ranked miler and 5,000-meter runner in the world. In Mexico City, in 1968, he became the youngest person to participate in the Olympic 1,500-meter finals.

Marty conceived of the idea of a sporting goods store that sold only athletic shoes. He created the Athletic Attic chain, which grew to 250 stores by 1980.

As a broadcaster, Marty has covered six Olympics, 25 New York City Marathons, eight Ironman triathlons and numerous other sports events. He is currently host and producer of Saucony Running and Racing on ESPN.

"I was asked to be (TNT) chairman because of my work as an ESPN commentator and former world class runner," he said. "Ironically, a few months later I was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. I was now beyond just volunteering. I realized that the work of LLS through Team In Training was helping me. I learned how important this program is rather quickly. Fortunately, others had been working on these cures before I came along."

John "The Penguin" Bingham
He's been called the Pied Piper of the second running boom - and for good reason. Since his column, "The Chronicles," started in Runner's World magazine in 1996, John has become one of the running community's most popular and recognized personalities.

Through his books and his Runner's World column, John has inspired a generation of new runners to find joy in walking, running and racing. His transformation from a life of "sedentary confinement" to marathoner has become a model for people of all ages and abilities. Once an overweight couch potato, he looked mid-life in the face-and got moving. Since then, he has participated in more than 36 marathons and hundreds of 5K and 10K races.

In true cross-country fashion, John criss-crossed the country for the fifth summer this year, leading marathon pace groups, speaking to packed rooms of runners of all levels and guiding an ever-growing number of fans on his Internet virtual training groups - the Courage to Start, the Penguin Brigade and Team Penguin. The touring is necessary, he believes, to keep in touch with the hearts and souls of the second running boomers whose advocate he is become.

John is honorary race director of Elite Racing's Country Music Marathon^TM in Nashville, TN, and a founder of the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon^TM in Virginia Beach. In the past five years, he has been a featured speaker and clinician at a number of marathons throughout the country. His book, The Courage to Start: A Guide to Running for Your Life, has been among the Top 10 running books since its publication in April 1999. John's most recent book, No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running, was released in April 2002.

johnbingham.com

Jack Daniels, Ph.D. - National Run Coach
Dr. Daniels is a former Olympian, winning silver and bronze medals in the modern pentathlon. He has coached four Olympic marathon medalists, 24 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national individual champions, seven NCAA national team champions and 110 All-American collegiate athletes. Dr. Daniels is a two-time National Coach of the Year, the author of Daniel's Running Formula and more than 50 articles and research studies involving elite athletes.

Arnie Baker, M.D. - National Cycle Coach
Dr. Baker is a five-time national champion who has 180-plus career wins. He has coached 75 national cycling champions and 28 U.S record holders. Dr. Baker is the author of six books on cycling, including The Essential Cyclist, and is columnist at Bicycling magazine and other publications.

arniebakercycling.com

Dave Scott - National Triathlon Coach
Dave is one of America's most famous and important triathletes. A six-time Ironman champion and first inductee into the Ironman Hall of Fame, Dave has been a figurehead in the sport of triathlon for more than 20 years. In addition to his coaching work, Dave is a sought-after speaker and seminar presenter.

davescottinc.com

Tom Dooley - National Walk Coach
Tom is a two-time Olympian. He won a silver medal in race walking at the 1971 Pan American Games, was a member of the National Race-Walking Team from 1967-1980 and holds 11 American race-walking records. As the head walking coach for LLS's Northern California Division, Tom has trained more than 1,100 TNT participants.

Carolyn Balling - National Advisory Hike Coach
Carolyn Balling has been with the hike program since its pre-pilot stage in fall 2004. After coaching more than 1,000 TNT marathon walk participants over 16 seasons in the San Francisco Bay area, she switched her allegiance to hiking and continues to coach the team today. Carolyn has been an avid hiker and outdoorswoman since her Girl Scouts days. She has put her master's degree in environmental education and her career as a corporate trainer to good use, working with more than 600 hikers (and counting) and certifying new hike leaders since 2007. Carolyn is currently the 2010 Woman of the Year for the Greater San Francisco Bay Area Chapter.