Sam Claypool has lived in Columbus, Ohio for the majority of his life, growing up playing competitive soccer and basketball. To be honest, he wasn't a fan of running unless it was in either of those settings, however, he did join the track team his senior year, albeit, exclusively for the social aspect.

After graduating high school, Sam took his talents to Athens, Ohio, where he studied Management Information Systems at Ohio University. Following graduation, he got a job in the Information Systems field at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and during that time signed up for the Columbus Marathon on a whim, igniting his passion for running. That passion has led to a handful of successful road and trail races, including a 50k ultramarathon.

Around the same time, he also began his coaching career by taking on the position of a middle school boys soccer coach, which has since progressed into coaching at the high school level. Along with soccer, he began coaching 7th grade basketball last winter as well. Sam's passion of both running and coaching most recently put him in a position to earn his RRCA Level 1 Certification so that he can get to sharing his passion of running with others through coaching!