ABOUT US

Michael Flynn - Owner & President

Mike is the creator of Scottsdale Running Company. It was his vision to create a new running shoe store with exceedingly high attention to detail and customer service. Mike has his roots in triathlons and marathon racing.

He has a knack for performing well in long distance events with absurdly minimal training. He has regularly jumped into marathons with literally no training for the weeks prior and put down times in the neighborhood of 3:15. The best such example was in the fall of 2003 when he went on a marathon binge every few weeks (Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Tucson) He has a personal best of 2:50 which he can undoubtedly lower if he ever gets the time for some serious training. However, such is the life of a small business owner where there hardly ever seems enough time to train instead of working on the business. On the triathlon side of things Mike has done over a dozen ironman races and has a PR of 9:35 at Switzerland in 2000. He has also done Ironman Hawaii 3 times.

Although Mike has a ton of practical experience from all his racing, he also holds a degree in exercise physiology so he also knows the technical side of things related to biomechanics and sports nutrition.