Taking a page out of Sungnam-Jo's Athlete of the Week at www.jaysonjo.com

Week 2: Nate Jenkins

(Lowell, MA.)

This week's athlete of the week is a no-brainer. Nate Jenkins takes the cake with his inspirational marathon PR of 2:14:56 (7th Place!) at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men's Marathon Trials in New York City's Central Park (Full Results). Nate qualified for the trials with his 2:15:28 at the Freescale Austin Marathon back in February of 2006 and put all his chips in the pot for this race and pulled out a huge win for himself and running in New England as a whole. Nate has been a dominant force in New England running for years now and he is still getting better. His training log and blog have been heavily visited and admired over the past couple years, and all the training he writes about certainly paid off this past weekend. Nate currently runs for the Greater Lowell Road Runners and Saucony. Keep up with Nate and his training at his running log at Trackshark.

Photos by Kristin Wainwright (Nate winning the 2007 Bedford 12K and placing 2nd in the 2007 John Carson 4th of July 2 Miler)