ZAP No More

kmaclam wrote:

Bummer. Liked the coaches and athletes....

With immense gratitude and heavy hearts, we share that 2025 will be the final year for the ZAP Endurance Team, Running Vacations, and Foundation.
This decision was not made lightly. The running landscape has shifted dramatically in recent years, bringing exciting new opportunities but also significant challenges. Despite our best efforts, sustaining ZAP financially, particularly through long-term sponsorship, has become increasingly difficult. After much reflection, we’ve concluded that we can no longer continue this work in the way that upholds our standards and honors our mission.
For nearly 25 years, it has been our privilege to support 64 of America’s most talented and dedicated distance runners, remarkable athletes and even more remarkable people, as they chased their post-collegiate dreams. Through training camps, physiotherapy, travel, living stipends, and health insurance, our Foundation provided comprehensive support, helping athletes compete on the world stage.
This mission was only possible because of you. Since 2001, thousands of individuals and groups have carried ZAP forward—college and high school teams, running clubs, corporate retreats, our bustling summer running vacations, generous donors, and the countless former athletes and campers who gave back. Your support turned a dream into reality, and we are profoundly grateful.
While performance and education have always been at the core of ZAP’s mission, the friendships and community built here may be our most lasting legacy. Those bonds will endure long after our final season.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for 25 years of belief, support, and unforgettable memories.
See you on the roads,
The ZAP Staff
Ryan, Pete & Zika
Fall Racing
The ZAP Endurance Foundation is committed to supporting the athletes through the end of the year as they chase big goals this fall. You can continue to follow us here as well as on Instagram and Facebook to stay apprised of their results and progress. We have athletes competing at the Twin Cities Marathon, the Chicago Marathon, the New York City Marathon and the Marathon Project in each of the next 3 months so there will be a lot of exciting news to share.
We know many of you have become fans of the team and athletes over the years. As we move beyond 2025, we hope you continue to follow the athletes individually as they pursue their running goals beyond ZAP.

Go go go go wrote:

kmaclam wrote:

Bummer. Liked the coaches and athletes....

With immense gratitude and heavy hearts, we share that 2025 will be the final year for the ZAP Endurance Team, Running Vacations, and Foundation.
This decision was not made lightly. The running landscape has shifted dramatically in recent years, bringing exciting new opportunities but also significant challenges. Despite our best efforts, sustaining ZAP financially, particularly through long-term sponsorship, has become increasingly difficult. After much reflection, we’ve concluded that we can no longer continue this work in the way that upholds our standards and honors our mission.
For nearly 25 years, it has been our privilege to support 64 of America’s most talented and dedicated distance runners, remarkable athletes and even more remarkable people, as they chased their post-collegiate dreams. Through training camps, physiotherapy, travel, living stipends, and health insurance, our Foundation provided comprehensive support, helping athletes compete on the world stage.
This mission was only possible because of you. Since 2001, thousands of individuals and groups have carried ZAP forward—college and high school teams, running clubs, corporate retreats, our bustling summer running vacations, generous donors, and the countless former athletes and campers who gave back. Your support turned a dream into reality, and we are profoundly grateful.
While performance and education have always been at the core of ZAP’s mission, the friendships and community built here may be our most lasting legacy. Those bonds will endure long after our final season.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for 25 years of belief, support, and unforgettable memories.
See you on the roads,
The ZAP Staff
Ryan, Pete & Zika
Fall Racing
The ZAP Endurance Foundation is committed to supporting the athletes through the end of the year as they chase big goals this fall. You can continue to follow us here as well as on Instagram and Facebook to stay apprised of their results and progress. We have athletes competing at the Twin Cities Marathon, the Chicago Marathon, the New York City Marathon and the Marathon Project in each of the next 3 months so there will be a lot of exciting news to share.
We know many of you have become fans of the team and athletes over the years. As we move beyond 2025, we hope you continue to follow the athletes individually as they pursue their running goals beyond ZAP.

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ZAP Fan wrote:

I am a degree removed from the ZAP Community and never trained with them personally, but this is definitely a sad day for our sport. ZAP has consistently found a way to support developmental elites and build them into national class runners. They have always shown fierce loyalty to their athletes in a "what have you done for me lately" industry. Pete, Zika, and Ryan are about as quality of people as they come and care deeply about their people. There are not many groups that can support you in a developmental phase of your professional career anymore. Often, your best bet as a great (but not elite) college grad is to move to Flagstaff or Boulder and hope you can break through while either working full time or trying to make money as a social media influencer. Without groups like ZAP or Hansons, there are fewer opportunities for folks to bet on themselves and try and make the jump as a pro.