About Us

Your 26.2 was created for runners who would like to set PR's (personal records) year after year, and do so injury-free. The philosophies of our parent company, QT2 Systems, have developed hundreds of PR triathlon performances as well as Ironman champions. Elite level coach and Founder of QT2 Systems, Jesse Kropelnicki now brings these same philosophies to YOU: the beginner, advanced, or elite level marathoner! Like QT2 Systems, Your 26.2 does not charge money for prepackaged programs! Instead, we provide you with a detailed training program based on your specifics, limiters, and life's logistics. We also provide you with unmatched support and education. If you would like a prepackaged training program, you can have it for FREE, here: Free Marathon Training Plan.

What we do that many others don't:

Provide a strength training program to avoid common marathon training injuries
Provide a nutrition program to help you lose weight and improve performance
Provide prepackaged training programs for FREE
Provide a fueling program to help you improve performance during both training and racing
Provide you with a team of like-minded individuals throughout the country, who are training towards the same goal!

Our coaches, Jesse Kropelnicki and Tim Snow have been in the endurance sports world for over 30 years, combined, as both athletes and successful coaches. You will not find a more experienced and knowledgeable team of coaches with real world experience anywhere else.

Jesse Kropelnicki

Founder

Jesse is the founder of QT2 Systems, LLC and TheCoreDiet.com; leading providers of personal triathlon coaching and sound sports nutrition. Jesse founded Your 26.2 with the vision of creating a unique organization focused on marathon training for runners of all ability levels, in an online team atmosphere. He is the coach of many professional athletes and has had unmatched success in eliciting consistent long-term progress from his athletes, while at the same time keeping them injury free. He has been certified as a USAT Level II coach, NSCA CSCS, and ACSM CpT; has completed USAT's Elite Mentorship Program in Colorado Springs; and has a Master's Degree from Northeastern University. A multiple Ironman finisher, he perennially qualifies for and competes in the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, HI. True to his training as an engineer, Jesse is known for being a logical thinker who takes a detailed, quantitative approach to all facets of endurance sport coaching.

Tim Snow

Operating Manager

Tim has completed over 200 multisport events, including 26 Ironman races and 11 stand-alone marathons. Tim has merged his immense training and racing experience with the QT2 Systems' philosophies of building aerobic efficiency through training at appropriate intensity levels, building physical durability through gradual volume increases, maximizing body composition, optimal race fueling, and suitable race pacing. A competitive runner since the age of 12, Tim ran Cross Country and track throughout high school, college and beyond. Tim has been a coach with QT2 Systems since 2007, and currently manages the day-to-day operations of QT2 Mission Plans, as well as coaching his own athletes on a 1-1 basis. He is a USAT Level I certified coach and a QT2 Level II coach. A high school math teacher with the Boston Public Schools, Tim has a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics, and a Master's Degree in Education.