Jordan Schilit
Tampa, FL
While still in high school, Jordan wrote and self-published In the Long Run, a 180-page memoir and training manual for high school runners.
In the book, Schilit chronicles his running experiences at Jesuit High School in Tampa. Most running books are either training manuals or memoirs, but rarely a combination of the two, Schilit said. So he decided to write a book for high school runners, drawing on his own personal archive of running logs and notes.
“I kept every piece of paper my coaches gave me in high school,” Schilit said. “As I made improvements consistently throughout high school, I figured my story was becoming more meaningful—I turned average running talents into a very successful career.”
Schilit’s book has garnered press from his local media and online running publications. He is currently running for Haverford.