Faster Together

For Shalane Flanagan, becoming a Bowerman Track Club coach was a natural extension of a career spent collaborating with the runners around her to reach new heights. In the club they call it the “Shalane Effect,” a magic combo of support and competition that makes everyone around her faster. “I kind of laugh,” says Shalane. “Because I don't feel like I'm doing anything special, to be honest. I'm fueled by being surrounded by great people.” As a coach, she’s part of a true family of runners—from veterans like Lopez Lomong, to first time Olympians like Grant Fisher—as they train for their dreams together.

Faster Together: Shalane Flanagan and Bowerman Track Club
Faster Together: Shalane Flanagan and Bowerman Track Club

“Bowerman Track Club is a big family, and we care about each other. We feel like we want to succeed for each other.”

Shalane Flanagan NYC Marathon Champion, Olympic Silver Medalist, Author, Mother

Find Your Destiny. Find Your Fast.

As a child caught in the midst of a civil war in Sudan, Lopez Lomong had to run for his life and was separated from his family. When he emigrated to the United States he found another form of family with his college track teammates, and now he runs for another reason entirely with Bowerman Track Club. “Every time when I line up, I just say I'm running for absolute, pure joy. And I'm no longer running away from danger. I'm running for something.”

Faster Together: Shalane Flanagan and Bowerman Track Club

“There are so many things that we individually go through, but with a collective—as a family, as a group, as a team—we make it exciting.”

Lopez Lomong
Olympian 1,500m & 5,000m, Bowerman Track Club

Faster Together: Shalane Flanagan and Bowerman Track Club
Faster Together: Shalane Flanagan and Bowerman Track Club

Nike Air Zoom Alphafly Next%

With two Zoom Air pods, ZoomX foam, and a carbon fiber plate the Alphafly Next% is our fastest racing shoe, worn by elite runners like Lopez Lomong as they pursue their dreams at the highest level.

Find Your Drive. Find Your Fast

Grant Fisher finds his motivation in the family he runs with everyday. “We're all from different places. We all have different backgrounds. We had different paths to running. But one big goal has brought us all together and that's just to be as good at running as we can,” he says. And for Grant that means a chance to compete on the world stage for the first time this summer.

Faster Together: Shalane Flanagan and Bowerman Track Club

“We know that together is how we get as good as possible. We’re very competitive, but we know that the group lifts all of us up higher. And honestly, it's more fun that way.”

Grant Fisher
Olympian 5,000m & 10,000m, Bowerman Track Club

Faster Together: Shalane Flanagan and Bowerman Track Club
Faster Together: Shalane Flanagan and Bowerman Track Club

Nike Air Zoom Vaporfly Next% 2

A carbon fiber plate in between ZoomX foam gives the Vaporfly Next%2 an incredibly fast feel. As Grant puts it, “For speed runs, the Next% is unlike anything else I've put on. It's so much fun. You just feel like you're on a marshmallow.”

Faster Together: Shalane Flanagan and Bowerman Track Club