Coaches & Trainers
Dean Duncan Dean has been a lifelong fitness and sports enthusiast. While Dean grew up playing all of the major sports, he eventually found his focus in the sports of Track and Field and Cross Country. During his high school running career he held several school records and graduated high school with an NCHSAA class AA state mile (1600m) record. After high school Dean ran for Brevard College where he helped his team win a national title in Cross Country and twice earned All American honors on the track (2 mile and 1500m). After graduating from Brevard College, Dean headed to Boone, NC to run for Appalachian State University where he helped the Mountaineers win Southern Conference titles in Cross Country and Track and Field. After college, Dean began a career in Therapeutic Recreation where he worked with special populations and long term care residents. During this time, Dean became a certified Long Term Facility Peer Review Surveyor and worked in several facilities as a contract fitness and exercise instructor. Dean taught classes for several retirement and long term care facilities in the Asheville area. While continuing to run and race, Dean won both North Carolina and South Carolina 5000m Road Racing titles. After 6 years as a Therapeutic Recreator, Dean started his coaching career for the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Starting as an assistant, Dean coached the throwing events and developed a throwing squad that produced 6 individual conference champions and two NCAA Regional Qualifiers (Nathan Hedgpeth, Men’s Shot Put and Discus and Crystal Goure, Women’s Javelin). After becoming Head Coach at UNCA, Dean began coaching distance running. His distance athletes earned 26 individual all conference awards, and two athletes qualified for NCAA East Regional Championships. (Phil Latter, Men’s 5000m and David Bell, Men’s 3000m Steeple Chase). With the concept of creating a business that offers the training knowledge and benefits of elite athletics to fitness enthusiasts of all abilities, Dean started FITAthletics. He has almost twenty years of experience in working with people of a wide range of abilities. While he no longer coaches collegiate Track and Field and Cross Country, he remains an Adjunct Health and Fitness Instructor for the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and enjoys coaching Girls Cross Country and Track and Field for North Buncombe High School. Dean lives in the Hopewell community of Madison County, NC. Dean has been happily married for 15 years to his wife, Stephanie. Current Certifications:
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Norman Blair, owner of Jus’ Running Inc. and former professional runner, has been coaching local athletes of all levels since the 1980’s. His own running began at T.C. Roberson High School and it carried him through a collegiate career at Appalachian State University and a post-collegiate professional career as an athlete for Etonic. Inc. His personal running accomplishments include a 1st place finish at the Carolina Marathon, a 10th place finish at the Boston Marathon, and 20th and 21st place finishes at the Peachtree 10k Road Race. His local impact in the betterment of the running community spans the founding of the Asheville and Lower Arden Track Clubs, coaching boys’ and girls’ cross country and track at T.C. Roberson High School, and coaching individuals and training groups from high school through adults. He has promoted running and training by hosting a weekly track workout training group for the last 25 years and competing in, creating, or directing a wealth of local races. Through Jus’ Running Inc. he supports local running programs and events such as Girls on the Run, Asheville Distance Divas Racing Team, Asheville Lightning, and nearly every local race held each year.
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Jane Roane, store manager for Jus’ Running Inc. and member of the Distance Divas Racing Team, began competing in running when she excelled in track at North Rowan High School. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Catawba College in 1993. Prior to moving to Asheville she assisted with coaching girls’ track at North Rowan High School and was a training specialist at the cardiac rehab center at Rowan Regional Medical Center. She has been sharing her love of running as an employee of Jus’ Running’s team since 2001 where she imparts knowledge and experience in a plethora of running topics from trail running to racing on the track to marathon training. She contributes to the local running community by volunteering at local road races, assisting with running programs for elementary and middle school children, and working alongside other Jus’ Running employees to help race finish lines run smoothly. She has raced every distance from 400m to the marathon. Her accomplishments include a 4th place overall finish at the Bryson City Firecracker 5k, a 3:30 finish in her debut Shut-In Race, and multiple age-group finishes including a 3rd place age group finish at the competitive Asheville Citizen-Times Half Marathon. After the birth of her son Spencer two years ago she is eager to make another dent in her own racing career and help others to do the same. In the fall of 2006, she earned her personal training certification from the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is looking to combine her practical experience with scientific-based theory to help other runners achieve their best.
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