Our Coach

Team SHALVA is excited to partner up with and present the 2012 Team's official running coach Yuval Assif! Yuval is happy to be your partner in achieving your running and marathon goals.  He is here to provide training tips, encouragement and support along the way, answering any questions you may have.

Yuval Assif was born in 1981 in Jerusalem. He has been running professionally for over a decade, and has already completed four marathons and two Olympic triathlons. He is a graduate of The Wingate Institute, in their long-run-coaches course. Nowadays Yuval is coaching the Jerusalem running team of MARTA: The lucrative Tel Aviv Running Club (http://www.marta.org.il/). Additionally, he is in charge of the physical training course of the Jerusalem pre-military preparation program. Yuval also works at the cardiac rehabilitation institute at Hadassah hospital and specializes in rehabilitation training for elders.

Beyond the aerobics field, Yuval enjoys various types of martial arts, especially Thai boxing. Currently, Yuval is working on  promoting the realm of running and bike-riding in cities,  utilizing his academic knowledge of environmental development (his first degree) alongside with raising public awareness by publishing the activity in campuses, and of course by setting an example.