Coach Jay Christensen



My first Run was 1988, the Tom Sullivan 10-K in Torrance California. The Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon followed shortly behind that in the same year but those two were only because my father-in-law signed me up to run. I then moved back to Boise and took a break from running. But in 1994 a man handed me a copy of the “1994-1995 Tanglefoot Schedule”. So with a New Years resolution, I attended the New Years resolution Fun Run at the Discovery Center. From that point on, I ran a race virtually every weekend on that schedule ( I even placed in the Apple Blossom Fun run in Payette). Since then I have run so many 5Ks and 10Ks I have lost count. But the real fever didn’t catch me until I ran the Sawtooth Relay in 1997.

Besides coaching for BOISE RunWalk I also directed the first Prison Break Half, 5K, 10K event in 2007. Our inaugural event proved to be a tremendous success with one of the most dramatic start-line productions of the region.

Hi-lights and favorites

Sawtooth Relay Race 97,98,99,00,01,02,03,05,07
Hood To Coast Race 00, 02
Fit for Life Half-2006, 2007 (2:17)
City of Trees-2006 (5:24), 2007
Race to Robie-2007 (2:35)
Melba QRU-97,98,99,20,01,02,03,05,06
Idaho Peace officers memorial run-05,06,07
Prison Break Half 2007 (2:13)

Anytime I pack for traveling, I seem to always forget something, razor, socks, shampoo, sunglasses doesn’t matter, I’ll always forget something, however I never forget my running gear. I usually seek out the best areas to run when I arrive at my destination and lace up my running shoes shortly afterwards.

I have run in some of the greatest scenery, Wakiki Beach, Diamond Head, Kona, Las Vegas Strip, Sawtooth Mountains, Mt. Hood Oregon to Seaside Oregon, Griffith Park California, Tempe River, Seattle, Houston, Redondo Beach, just to mention a few. With all of those locations under my treads, my favorite place to run is still the Boise Greenbelt. I have realized that I enjoy my running and the Greenbelt even more since I have created some great friendships there while running with other coaches and members of Boiserunwalk. Every Saturday as I am getting up early, I think “Why”, but within minutes as I am running the greenbelt and the sun is rising, many of us can’t believe what others are missing and it all becomes clear.