The Running Clinic on Kauai

Soul and Sport Ventures™ first Running Cilnic on Kauai was a great success! The clinics were coached by Darren and Colleen De Reuck from Boulder, Colorado.

There are three different clinics offered which consisted of: a one day three hour session, a three day, three hours per day session and a one all-day session designated for high school athletes. Each group was a diverse mix of beginners to advanced runners/triathletes and a few coaches/personal trainers. Two of the clinics were held at Kula High School and Intermediate which graciously hosted our groups at their wonderful facility.

The third clinic was held at Lydgate Park in Wailua for Stacy Riccardi, owner of Boot Camps by Stacy. Stacy has built a wonderful business over the last few years offering women the opportunity to train for fitness and various triathlons, running and biking races on the islands. This clinic was geared particularly towards building running strength, speed and endurance and comprised of various drills, strength sessions and running form technique. Each session began with a 20 minute warm-up and then proceeded directly into specific training work-outs and techniques. The other clinics also incorporated talks on equipment, racing, nutrition, mental attitude,physiology and training periodization.

Our high school session focused on students running technique, plyometrics, strength drills and speed to prepare for competition in high school for various sports such as X-country, track and field, soccer, swimming, outrigger paddling and any other sport requiring running strength.
Darren and Colleen De Reuck were warmly welcomed by all of our island participants. They thoroughly enjoyed working with each individual, sharing their vast knowledge. Darren has coached and continues to coach club/elite/Olympic level athletes through his Boulder based business.

Colleen has competed as an elite athlete in running from 5K to Marathon for the past 23 years and is a four-time Olympian. She still competes nationally and now offers her expertise as a personal trainer to athletes. They are looking forward to returning next year for our running clinic.

We are already planning the program to address specific requests from our athletes and to expand our services to men, women and high school participants island wide. We have already received emails from this years participants wanting to sign up for next years clinic and they are excitedly spreading the news to family and friends. It is with deepest thanks to all of our hosts and participants on Kauai to making the clinic a success and sharing the real meaning of "Aloha".

Running Clinic 2011

Plans for the next running clinic is already in the works. If you would like more information on our program and how you or your child can attend, please contact us by email here or give us a call directly.

Darren De Reuck

Darren has been coaching runners for over 20 years from recreational to club level to elite. He is the Owner of the Boulder Striders, a running group that caters to runners of all abilities. Darren is Head Coach and Founder of the Running Republic of Boulder, a USATF affiliated competitive Running Club as well as Head of Running with Boulder Coaching, a triathlon /running based organization catering to all level triathletes and runners. He has served as training partner and coach to his four-time Olympian wife, Colleen De Reuck. Darren began running in l979 and has personal bests in the marathon of 2:16:28, half marathon - 64:20 and 14:18 for 5000 meters.