Coach Tony Estes is well known
throughout the Topeka, Lawrence, and Manhattan regional communities as a top
masters class distance
runner, having earned many overall, age group, and
Masters Division awards while competing in hundreds
of distance events throughout the US and UK over the
course of the past decade. To date, he has
completed 18 marathons (all Boston Qualifiers)
including running in the 100th, 104th, and 112th
Boston Marathon
in 1996, 2000, and 2008. He is listed multiple times in the Kansas State
Road Racing Honor Roll at distances of 5K, 4 Mile, 8K, 10K, 10 Mile, Half
Marathon, and Marathon; having run honor
roll qualifiers at all distances and he currently is
the Kansas 10 Mile Record Holder for his age group.
He is cofounder and was Co-Director of the
Topeka Organ Donor Memorial Run For Life
during it's first ten years, and is also the founder and Race Director of
the
Miracle on Kansas Avenue Rescue Run; assisting
and motivating many area runners and walkers in
beginning a fitness program or in taking their
existing program to the next level, while providing
an exemplary forum for their participation.
As a Personal Trainer certified by the Interactive
Fitness Trainers of America and an assistant high
school track and cross country coach, Coach Estes will share
his knowledge and experience with you by developing
a personalized individual training program, that
will guide a beginner to the right road of healthy,
beneficial exercise, and redirect a veteran runner
to achieve new levels of success never before
realized.
Tony Estes (1221) near the finish of the
Boston Marathon April 17, 2021
Official Time: 2:45:14
Net Time: 2:44:59
Overall Place: 258 of 15680
Gender Place: 237 of 10207
Masters Div. Place: 33 of 3753
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