1. Runners of Louisville: Jacob Thomson

2021 is bringing with it some exciting new things at Swag’s Sport Shoes! We are excited to announce that beginning on the second Thursday of each month we will be releasing a new segment for social media and Youtube entitled, Runners of Louisville. An interview conducted by someone from Swag’s with runners who were born in Louisville, competed in Louisville, or made a significant impact on the Louisville running community. This idea was formed because of the type of community running builds. Everyone loves hearing stories so why not hear about the people impacting our community?

Today we are excited to introduce Jacob Thomson as our first athlete for our Runners of Louisville segment. This interview was recorded a few months ago so some of the information isn’t quite as current. Jacob is no longer running for the Boston Athletic Association but he is still pursuing his professional running career while growing his coaching business. Jacob is a Louisville native and has spent many years running the streets of Louisville, Lexington, and beyond. JT ran XC and Track for Holy Cross High School. During his time there he won 12 state titles, KY Track and Field and XC Gatorade Athlete of the year , and more. His running took him all over the U.S. as well as to Scotland. Upon graduating High School he ran collegiately for NC State before he transferred to the University of Kentucky. His collegiate accolades include being a 3 Time All American, and 3 time SEC Champion and more. JT is an accomplished runner who is continuing to pursue his athletic dreams. Not only is JT training and competing he is also the founder and coach for Thomson Training (Instagram handle @runthomsontraining)

Some of Jacob's personal bests are

1500m: 3:43.15 (2018)

Mile: 3:57.07 (2018)

Mile (Indoors): 4:01.42 (2018)

3000m (Indoors): 7:51.80 (2019)

5000m: 13:34.50 (2018)

5000m (Indoors): 13:41.33 (2018)

10,000m: 28:09.88 (2019)

You can find Jacob on social media using handles @jtcougars8 & @runthomsontraining

We hope you enjoy this interview as much as we do.

Please comment down below what you think of our new segment, other runners you would like to be featured, or other thoughts and ideas which come to mind. Enjoy!