 | Coach Thompson went to college at Murray State for both his undergraduate and graduate degrees. He teaches a variety of math classes and is certified to teach math or business. He started running at 24 and started out training for races for 10K up to the half-marathon and then progressed to marathon training. After a couple of years of marathon training he was exposed to his first 50 miler (as a spectator/crew) and did that race the next year. He has been doing ultramarathons since then (80+ races), running his first 100+ miler at about age 29. He has raced multiple times at over 200 miles and done one race that was 6 days around a track, taking 2nd place with 420.5 miles. His best time in the 5K is a modest 17:29 at age 42. Not many people get their best time in their 40's! This is his 4th year being back at Calloway after teaching three years from 1984-1987. He coached the boys cross country team at Calloway during those three years in the 80's when they won the state AA championship (84) followed by a runner-up finish the next year (85). He also coached the girls team in 86. This is Coach Thompsons 2nd year to assist Coach Jared with both cross country and track. |
