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Sandra Yaworski
Coach and Athlete Development Director
Sandra has been on the Kronos' coaching team since 2006. This upcoming
season Sandra will continue with the Kronos acting as Coach and Athlete
Development Director, designing and ensuring the overall program structure guides athletes toward peak
performance through proper periodization.
Sandra
brings a wealth of experience to the Kronos Club. Throughout her
childhood and in to her late twenties she competed at the National and
World Class level in ice hockey, ball hockey, softball and freestyle
skiing (moguls, ballet and aerials).
When
Sandra was thirty years old she was diagnosed with cancer. This
was the end of her career at the National level in hockey. She
re-focused and began to run. Between 1991 and 1994, Sandra ran as
a healing process to deal with and eventually beat cancer. In
1994, she ran her first competitive marathon in Portland, Oregon where
she ran 2 hours 52 minutes and finished second by a mere 11
seconds. At 33 years of age, with only three years of running
experience, Sandra found herself ranked in the top five for marathon
running in Canada. Sandra went on to run numerous marathons and
continued to be ranked amongst the top five marathoners in
Canada. She has a 2 hour 39 minute personal best at this
distance. While being known as mostly a marathon runner when
having competed, she is also an established runner at the shorter
distances as well. Her road bests include: 1:18:28 for half
marathon, 35:08 for 10 km, and 17:03 for 5 km. Today as a
Master’s athlete, Sandra continues to finish among the top females in
races. As a Master runner, Sandra has posted times on the road of
under 38 min for 10 km, 18 min for 5 km, and on the track, under 10:30
for 3000 meters.
Sandra
entered the multisport world in 2001. Her first competition was
the Duathlon National Championships in 2001 when she turned 40 years of
age. In the elite division she placed 9th in 2001 and 6th in 2002. In 2006, Sandra claimed a silver medal in Duathlon in her age category.
At
age 44, Sandra did her first Ironman in Penticton, B.C. She posted a sub
11 hour 30 minute time and repeated this again at age 45. in 2009,
She competed in the inaugural Calgary 70.3 placing 2nd and fastest run in
her AG. Sandra also bike races and particularly enjoys the criterium
cycling discipline.
Sandra’s
athletic experience is supplemented by 10 years of coaching
experience. Her strength includes programming, mental preparation
and running biomechanics. She coaches and advises some of the top
US and Canadian distance runners and multi-sport athletes.
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