George Buckheit is the founder and head coach of Capital Area Runners, based in the Washington, DC metro region. As an athlete, George was a two-time NCAA Division I All-American during his collegiate days at Bucknell University and is a member of his alma mater’s Athletic Hall of Fame. He went on to have an outstanding post-collegiate career, running personal bests of 4:02 for 1 mile, 7:59 for 3,000m, 8:35 for 2 miles, 13:43 for 5,000m and 28:39 for 10,000m on the track. George’s coaching career got its start in 1979 when he served as graduate assistant to Coach Arthur Gulden at his alma mater. Since moving to northern Virginia in 1998, George has coached many of the DC area’s elite distance runners, including multiple Marine Corps Marathon Champions and U.S. Olympic Trials qualifiers.