Coaches

Tony Fong
Tony Fong has over several years of coaching experience and has been involved with the Asha marathon since its inception. He has coached runners at the West Valley Track Club, one of the largest clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area with the most diverse runners in terms of running capabilities. Tony himself has competed in cross country at the high school and college levels. He has completed over 50 marathons over the past 15 years. Tony has been running in the Boston marathon for several years and his personal best time in a marathon is 2 hours and 37 minutes.

Rajeev Char
Rajeev Char loves the land and the water. He swims, bikes and runs. Since 1991 has participated in over 30 triathlons including 4 Ironman races and 6 half-ironman races. He is currently training for two Ironman distance races to be held in August/September 08. Rajeev has done the Alcatraz swim 3 times, the 4km Fahal Island Swim in Muscat, Oman and various open water swims in Oman and the US. He has participated in several 100 mile bike rides and runs a few marathons every year. Rajeev also played hockey for his college and for Bombay Gymkhana in the Bombay Hockey League. Professionally, Rajeev works in the financial industry in San Francisco. You can read more in his blog

Ramanjit S.Rajpal
After 29 years in the computer industry, Ramanjit Rajpal is now focused on teaching his "Power of the Mind, Inc." seminars, workshops, and executive retreats around the globe. He started running marathons in 1994, and currently participates in 4-5 marathons every year. He has completed the Rock & Roll Grand Slam, when he ran in the Rock & Roll marathons in San Diego, Nashville, Virginia Beach and Phoenix in one calendar year. He is married with 3 children - 2 teenage boys and 1 girl. Raman is a published Author, Keynote Speaker, Life Coach, and Wealth Creation Specialist. He is also a scoutmaster at a local Cupertino troop.

Martina Koldewey
Martina Koldewey started running Marathons in 1999. Since then she has completed 13 Marathons including Pikes Peak and 3 times Boston Marathon. She has also been involved in triathlons and completed Ironman Cananda in 2002. She has several years of coaching experience with the Team in Training as the head coach for cross country skiing . Her winter spare time is split between trail running and cross country skiing.