Tom Schaefer

Tom is a USA Track & Field certified coach who has run over 23 marathons and coached runners for over 5 years. A short bio of Tom is given below:

Coaching Highlights:

Founder and Coach of the New Jersey Road Runners Club Youth Running Program
Coached Young Runners for 5 years.
Personal Coach for Adult Runners for 3 years.
Coach for the Stingers Track and Road Racing Team.

Running Highlights:

Completed 23 Marathons including 2 Boston Marathons.
Age Group winner in races from 800 meters to a Marathon.

Recent Accomplishments:

2003- 1st Place Age Group Seaside Half Marathon.
2004- 1st Place Age Group Charlottesville Virginia Marathon
2004- 1st Place Age Group 800 meters Garden State Games
2005- 1st Place Overall Clinton Country Run 1 Mile Race
For more details, please refer to Tom's personal website

Parthasarathi (Partha) Mallikarjun

Parthasarathi (Partha) Mallikarjun has been an avid runner throughout his life. A software engineer by profession, he has varied interests that fill his spare time.

His last two marathon runs were at the famed New York Marathon in 2001 and 2002 with timings of 5:10 and 4:45 respectively. He is a qualified USSF "F" Licenced Soccer Coach & and also holds an NSCAA Youth Soccer Coaching Diploma.

He has been coaching an Under 8 Girls Soccer team since fall 2002. He runs regularly, come rain, shine or snow.

Sheela Iyer

Sheela Iyer is an accomplished Physical Therapist with experience of more than 17 years. She has worked predominantly with Orthopedic and Sports medicine injuries. This includes her experience with working with physicians in Football Clinics and helping injured high school and college athletes return to play as safely and as soon as possible. She has also worked with baseball and softball pitchers, track athletes & gymnasts.

Sheela is also an accomplished runner with a marathon and several half-marathons feathering her cap. Last year she ran the Philadelphia marathon with the Asha group and was a major source of motivaton for the group through her suggestions and encouragement.