The creators of the Building a Better Runner series are Jay Johnson and Mike Smith. Jay produced the Building a Better Runner DVD series, with Mike and his athletes at Kansas State University demonstrating the exercises and routines. Jay is "Coach Jay" at NikeRunning.com. After coaching for six years at the University of Colorado he went on to work with professional athletes, where he coach three different USATF champions. He blogs at CoachJayJohnson.com. Mike Smith is a widely respected coach and teacher. Not only has he coached 2008 Olympian Christian Smith, he has served as one of the instructors in USATF's coaching education program for several years.
Check out this introduction to Building a Better Runner, Vol.1.
Here is our rationale behind the Building a Better Runner series.