Yosemite Camp – July 20-25, 2025
Big Bear Camp – July 27 – August 1, 2025
Coach O'Rourke is a California and National Coach of the Year in Cross Country. In 22 years of coaching his teams had a dual meet record of 146-9. Coach O’Rourke is the current meet director for the Mt. Sac Invitational and announces major cross country races around the nation. Coach O'Rourke will be one of our head coaches at the Big Bear camp this summer.
UCLA alumnus Devin Elizondo recently finished his fifth season with the Bruins coaching cross country and track and field and is now the distance coach at D1 - California State University at Long Beach. Coach Elizondo brings a wealth of distance running acumen and an extensive resume of coaching experience that will certainly benefit the Matadors’ distance program.
Mark founded Runner’s Workshop in 1985, and will direct his 110th camp in the past 40 years. Coach Celestin coaches at Los Alamitos High School and was selected as Orange County Coach of the Year in 1989, and Orange County Teacher of the Year in 1999. Mark was a 1:51.2 800-meter runner and national qualifier at U.C. Irvine.
Jason Oswalt-The head coach of cross country and track & field at Amador Valley High School has been coaching high school distance running for 20 years. Coach Ozzie holds certifications from USATF and the USTFCCCA in Youth Development & Endurance. Coach Ozzie competed in cross country and track & field for four years at Cornell University. He is excited to pass on his knowledge of training theory and practical experience to the up and coming campers at Runner's Workshop.
Each summer we hire over 30 top collegiate runners from around the nation to work with our athletes and share their training and running experience as camp counselors.
Thanks again for all the great memories over the years at camp. The runner’s workshop experience has truly impacted my personal progression as a runner and played a pivotal role in bringing our boys team together these past two years.
Through Camp Comps, workouts, and just plain bunking together, Runner\'s Workshop helps my teams get to know each other and bond together better than would be possible anywhere else.
Runners workshop gave me all the tools I needed to become a successful runner, introduced me to a community and future I didn’t realize existed, and left me with endless memories and beautiful lifelong friends. I loved it so much as a camper that I keep coming back every year as a counselor!