Jonathan Lyau has coached runners of different abilities from the beginner to the national class athlete. He has coached on the personal, group, and high school levels. His runners range from teens to 75 years of age. He is the assistant girl’s cross country coach at Iolani School and the girl’s distance track coach at Kamehameha School. He is also head coach for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program and owns his own personal run training business, Personal Best Training. He is one of Hawaii’s top runners and a former Hawaii State high school track champion. Jonathan has completed more than 30 marathons and has been the top local-born finisher in the Honolulu Marathon from 1993 - 2004 and 2006-present. He is the 1994 and 2002 Great Aloha Run champion.
Jonathan Lyau
Chet "The Jet" Blanton has more than 3 decades of running. He works for the Hawaii Bicycle League as their Coordinator / Instructor for the Bike Ed program in Honolulu, Hawaii. He also is a part time Tennis Coach in Honolulu. He has coached at Pearl Harbor and was the assistant coach at Iolani High School. Chet also has been the head distance Track coach at Iolani high school for over 8 years and is the head girls cross country coach at Iolani. Chet has done 45 Marathons, 80 Ultra Marathons, over 100 sprint triathlons, 8 half-Ironmans, 14 Ironmans, 2 doubles, 2 triples, and is in a select group that has done a Double Deca (20 x Ironman distance). He is the is the owner of Team Jet Hawaii which offers a fun, yet quality training environment for Hawaii’s aspiring runners, swimmers, bikers, and triathletes.
Chet Blanton
Counselors
Lauran Dignam
Casey Nishimura
Chantelle Wilder
