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Rob DeFilippis Founder of Runner’s High – Metuchen & Jersey City/Co-Founder RH-Freehold is a certified USATF Level I Track and Field Coach. He is a former NCAA Division I Cross Country and Track athlete at the University of Maryland. He is the current coach of Red Bank Catholic High School, where in 2011 his girl’s 4 x800 relay  team captured the Indoor National Championship running the 3rd fastest time in US history.

Rob is also a 2 time  NJ State Indoor Coach of  theyear and multiple time Shore Conference Coach of the year in xc and track. His personal bests include a 2:41 Marathon, a 15:03 5K and a 31:40 10K.

Rob and his wife Christy, also an avid runner, spend as much time as they can at the Jersey Shore with their kids Katelin, Connor and their boxer Leo.

Craig Segal Co-Founder of Runner’s High – Freehold began running at the tender age of 11 and hasn’t looked back since. From humble beginnings, Craig proved that hard work and dedication to running can indeed pay off. He climbed the running ranks through his high school years as a Holmdel Hornet and went on to Villanova University where he continued to thrive and develop as a runner.Competing as a grad student at Monmouth University capped off Craig’s collegiate running career and it was a seamless transition into road racing. Donning the Runner’s High racing singlet, Craig has run plenty of races over the past years boasting several PRs, first place finishes, and two top 10 finishes at the Philadelphia Marathon in 2008 and 2009 , all while working a full-time desk job. Craig holds personal bests of 14:35 (5k), 30:42 (10k), 1:08:20 (1/2 Marathon), and 2:25:09 (Marathon).Running gave so much to Craig so it was only natural that he ditch the daily grind to pursue his goal of owning and operating a successful running store. Since placing a store on the property of Holmdel Park (New Jersey’s High School Cross Country Mecca) was not an option, Craig will have to settle for Freehold for now.

Jim Segal, Co-Founder of Runner’s High – Freehold discovered running later on in life. A lawyer by trade, Jim picked up running in his early 40’s, when he made the move to a house conveniently situated on the border of Holmdel Park. Within the first few years of running, Jim quickly turned from a hobby-jogger, into a force to be reckoned with on the road racing circuit. During his 20+ years of running, he has taken numerous age group awards, most recently of which was the 2011 Rock N’ Roll Philadelphia ½ Marathon 60-65 age group crown. Jim boasts personal bests of 1:27:41 in the ½ marathon, and 3:12:06 in the marathon (Boston ‘10). Want to learn a few things about age adjusted results? Just ask Jim – he will tell you all about them!!

Julian Fensterheim has been working at Runner’s High Metuchen since 2007. A former varsity track and cross country runner for the town’s high school, he set a personal best of 4:23 in the 1600 which remains the indoor record (for now). Julian graduated from MHS in 2009 and has since joined the Triathlon Team at Rutgers University where he studies political science, psychology, and music. He hopes to one day participate in an Ironman competition!

Mike Mooney has been running for over 40 years. After competing in both cross country & track at the HS & college level, he continues to compete of the Master’s level running many of the local races on the Jersey Shore. He won his Age Group at the USATF State Championship 10 miler (55-59), in 2011, then won his Age Group at the USATF Indoor State Championship 1500m (5:01) earlier this year. He won the Jersey Shore Golden Grand Prix for his Age Group (55-59), having won his A/G @ Spring Lake 5M, George Sheehan Classic, Belmar 5M, & Pier Village 5K, finishing 2nd at Asbury Park 5k. He also won the Cape May 10K in 1998. His personal best in the mile is 4:16, 5M (X-C) 24:48, & 5K (Road) 15:41. He competes for Shore A.C., recently receiving Masters Comeback Runner of the Year (2011), along w/ Masters Runner of the Year (2006). He also leads the Thursday Night Group Run at our Metuchen store, where he is BRAND AMBASSADOR.