Distance Team
Olympic qualification, sub 2.35 marathon, Chicago Marathon, sub 35 minute 10 km…No lack of ambitions for the runners coach Jim is supporting on their way to succes. They have all proven themselves as runners and they have earned great respect in their local communities. Now they want to take their next step in their running career.
Currently, TORUNTO coach Jim is thrilled to be working with Brittany Moran, Jonas Charyk and Christofer Bibby who make up the TORUNTO Distance Team.
We will be posting regularly on their progression, on their challenges, how they train and secrets to succes, and also how they handle their training during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Britanny Moran
Objective
My goal is to break 2:35 and get my marathon time as fast as I possibly can, while enjoying the journey!
BIO
I love to run. When I am not running, I am helping others to run better through my work as a chiropractor and also as a run coach. I am a chiropractor at The Runner’s Academy in Toronto ON Canada. I am a Nike Toronto run coach. And I also have my own run team I started in December 2018 called StrideWise. Basically, my entire world is involved in running, and I would not have it any other way.
Running History
I have been a lifelong runner. I first fell in love with the sport when I was in elementary school. I quite enjoyed beating the boys at cross country practice and it has been a love affair ever since. I ran cross country and track through high school and university. At university I represented the University of Windsor Lancers. When I graduated, I focused on my schooling while running on my own and increasing to the half marathon distance. After I graduated, I trained on my own to the marathon distance debuting in a 2:56 and from there I decided to get coaching and have since improved my time by 20mins. I have had two major injuries that have in turn been blessing allowing me to come back stronger. I look forward to continuing to push my limits and see how fast I can get over the marathon distance.
I have been working with Coach Jim now for a year and within that time I have run 4:23 PB in the marathon, 3:30 PB in the half marathon and a 12s PB in the 10k. It has been successful to say the least! I have enjoyed it because the training has been different than training I have done in the past and therefore has helped me to find another gear!
Personal bests
| Distance | Result | Place | Date | Race | Location |
| Marathon | 2:36:23 | 6th female | Dec 8, 2019 | California International Marathon | Sacramento CA USA |
| Half | 1:15:12 | 1st female | Oct 21, 2019 | Scotia Toronto Waterfront Marathon | Toronto ON CAN |
| 10km | 35:01 | 1st female | Aug 24, 2020 | Toronto womens race series | Toronto ON CAN |
| 5km | 16:48 | 7th female | Sept 2018 | B&O Yorkville 5km championships | Toronto ON CAN |
Jonas Charyk
Jonas Charyk combines his professional work, family life, and parenting with running fast. Being a fast runner himself, TORUNTO Coach Jim Svenoy would like to add to insight on this late bloomer in terms of performance running. When you have reached 35+ years of age, lifetime PB’s do not come easy, nor by accident. They only happen because you chose to dedicate a huge part of your spare time to train, to compete, and to achieve. Jonas is one of the rising Torontonian running stars who coach Jim still foresees doing great stuff. The best is yet to come!
To train, to compete, and to achieve means different things to different people. Here is what this means to Jonas.
OBJECTIVE
My goal for 2020 would be regaining strength and running a personal best in Chicago, hopefully under 2:40, while also exploring my speed potential in shorter races.
BIO Jonas Charyk
Jonas trains with the Toronto Harriers running community. He is one of the most dedicated runner in the group. Coach Jim has various coaching roles in Toronto and is currently serving the role as head coach of the Toronto Harriers. To become more competitive Jonas sought additional guidance from Jim’s expertise beyond the weekly group training session.
Jonas about his running history
I’ve been running a long time, many years casually, including a half marathon at 16. I slowly built up my competitive interest through running varsity in university where I enjoyed the team training, even if I wasn’t the fastest. Running stayed with me as a foundation for physical and mental health as I developed my professional career. I got my first marathon bug in 2010 and trained up to a sub 3 in 2012 with Megan Brown.
After 2013 I focused more on work and kids until about 2017. Since then, I started training seriously again, forgot about marathons for a while and started building the foundations of my current strength and speed, which I want to keep improving on.
Running PBs
| Distance | Time/ Personal Best | Year | Where |
| 5 KM | 17.03 | Summer 2019 | Toronto |
| 10 km | 34.43 | Fall 2019 | Toronto |
| ½ marathon | 1.19.13 | Summer 2019 | Toronto |
| 30 km | 1.55.49 | Winter 2019 | Hamilton |
| Marathon | 2.48.48 | Spring 2019 | Toronto |
Working with Coach Jim
After five months of training with Coach Jim, I have become stronger than ever. I feel fit and can’t wait to see what I can do when the pandemic is over. Training with Jim is a unique experience.
Not many people get to learn and run with a 3x Olympian as a personal coach! His insight is valuable. He is the one to help me run that once in a lifetime marathon in the 2.30s.
Christofer Bibby
Objective
My goal is to break 2:35 and get my marathon time as fast as I possibly can, while enjoying the journey!
BIO
I love to run. When I am not running, I am helping others to run better through my work as a chiropractor and also as a run coach. I am a chiropractor at The Runner’s Academy in Toronto ON Canada. I am a Nike Toronto run coach. And I also have my own run team I started in December 2018 called StrideWise. Basically, my entire world is involved in running, and I would not have it any other way.
Running History
I have been a lifelong runner. I first fell in love with the sport when I was in elementary school. I quite enjoyed beating the boys at cross country practice and it has been a love affair ever since. I ran cross country and track through high school and university. At university I represented the University of Windsor Lancers. When I graduated, I focused on my schooling while running on my own and increasing to the half marathon distance. After I graduated, I trained on my own to the marathon distance debuting in a 2:56 and from there I decided to get coaching and have since improved my time by 20mins. I have had two major injuries that have in turn been blessing allowing me to come back stronger. I look forward to continuing to push my limits and see how fast I can get over the marathon distance.
I have been working with Coach Jim now for a year and within that time I have run 4:23 PB in the marathon, 3:30 PB in the half marathon and a 12s PB in the 10k. It has been successful to say the least! I have enjoyed it because the training has been different than training I have done in the past and therefore has helped me to find another gear!
Personal bests
| Distance | Result | Place | Date | Race | Location |
| Marathon | 2:36:23 | 6th female | Dec 8, 2019 | California International Marathon | Sacramento CA USA |
| Half | 1:15:12 | 1st female | Oct 21, 2019 | Scotia Toronto Waterfront Marathon | Toronto ON CAN |
| 10km | 35:01 | 1st female | Aug 24, 2020 | Toronto womens race series | Toronto ON CAN |
| 5km | 16:48 | 7th female | Sept 2018 | B&O Yorkville 5km championships | Toronto ON CAN |