Meet Coach Brad Cheek:
Brad Cheek was born in Nashville and calls Brentwood his home. He was involved with running from a young age, but did not realize he could make running more than just a hobby until he moved to Mississippi at the age of 17.
As a high school senior, Brad was the runner up at the state meet in cross country. He was then recruited to run in college where he ran the majority of his eligibility at Samford University. This past year Brad had the opportunity to run one last cross country season at the University of Alabama as a graduate student.
Other than running, Brad enjoys anything outdoors such as hiking and playing fetch with his Great Dane. Brad is excited to be working at Fleet Feet Nashville and getting more involved with coaching.
Brad's current personal bests are:
- Mile- 4:21
- 5k- 14:54
- 10k- 31:13
Meet Coach Jake Rainey:
Jake began running in 8th grade. Initially hesitant to get into the sport, competition with his older brother drew him in. At age 13 he ran his first 5k in 31:00 minutes and then after a summer of training was able to run 17:12 as a freshman. Continuing to run through high school, he ran 4:13 for the mile, 8:57 for 2 miles and 15:08 for 5k.
Jake was a 6x regional champion, 3x Mid-Tennessee XC champion, 2x TSSAA state champion 3x Tennessean Runner of the Year. He was the third Tennessean to break 9 minutes for two miles all time. He then ran XC and Track at The University of Tennessee and was all Southeastern Conference in XC and placed 6th in the 10k at the SEC championships. He ran PR’s of 3:51 in the 1500m, 14:12 for a 5k, and 30:29 for a 10k. Post collegiately, he ran 2:51 in the marathon in Nashville for 7th place in 2018 qualifying for the Boston Marathon which he ran in 2019.
He has coached the Rossview High School girls XC team to 3 regional championships and then began coaching adults as the president of the RRCA affiliated Clarksville Running Club and have had a solid group of adults who have all run Personal Bests from 1 mile to the Marathon since he's been working with them.
Meet the Coaches!
Program Start: February 8, 2020
Program Schedule: Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings
Goal Race:
Purity's Moosic City Dairy Dash
Program Fee: $100 excluding race fee
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