Coach Derrek "Stick" Johnson
City of Trees Coach Award 2006 (pdf)

My running life started out by running track and cross-country in high-school and enjoying success there. I then started college at Western Washington University and competed in both track and cross-country there, earning a varsity letter my sophomore year. After transferring to University of Northern Colorado my junior year, I decided against competing and decided instead to coach at the local high school. I coached there my final 2 years of college. With my teaching degree in hand, I worked at a couple of high-schools in Colorado and coached the distance team at Windsor High School. After moving to Boise and changing professions, I took a hiatus from running and coaching for a few years, and got lazy and hated it. Now, I have been training again the last couple of years and realized I have lost the speed of my youth, but gained the enjoyment of just running and having fun no matter what pace I am. I look forward to coaching with BOISE RunWalk!

Race Highlights:
16:08 Personal Best 5k in High School Cross-Country
Sound to Narrows 12k in Tacoma Washington 4 times
Bolder Boulder 10k in Boulder Colorado 5 times
Numerous other local 5 and 10k’s in Washington and Colorado
Barber to Boise 10k in 2003
Boise Front Trail Run 18k 2003
Zeitgeist ½ Marathon in 2003
Robie Creek ½ Marathon in 2004, 2006, 2007
Fit For Life ½ Marathon in 2005, 2006
City of Trees Full Marathon in 2005, 2006