“I love coaching because it allows me to use my 25 years of experience to be involved in the sport I love, and at the same time, help others achieve their goals."

Like many others, Rhonda started running to  get fit.   After running a few years on her own, she joined a women’s running group in Anchorage to learn more about training and to improve her race times.  This was the beginning of Rhonda’s competitive running career.  Running distances from 5k to marathon, Rhonda found a particular passion for trail running, placing in many local and out of state events.   “I was not involved in High School sports, but knew it was not too late for me to pursue personal goals in my new found passion.” Rhonda found the training group so beneficial and fun, she began working on establishing a running group in the Mat-Su Valley, hence the Valley Women’s Running Team!  Rhonda was President of VWRT for three years when she started to focus on coaching education.