Coaches

Brian Ream
11-12 + 13-14 • Boys Head Coach

Coach Brian has been with BMW since 2019. His wealth of knowledge about racing and training are inspiring and have led our boys with great success over the years. A mainstay in the Boulder Running Community for decades, Coach Brian also ran in high school, where he grew up, in Cleveland, Ohio and college.

My father was a high school cross-country & track coach in the Cleveland, OH area, so I have been around running before I was even born, as my mother attended my Dad's team's races while pregnant with me. I first started participating in organized running in 6th grade, as part of a CYO program. I ran for my father in high school, where I held the school record in the 3200m. I went on to run cross country at the Division I level in college at the University of Dayton. After graduating, I continued on as the Assistant Coach for men's cross country at UD.

Six years later, the mountains of Colorado came calling. One of my former UD XC teammates had been living in Boulder for years and convinced me to move out West. Within a week I had found myself working at Fleet Feet Sports, where I found an amazing group of people who would become running partners and friends, including Melody. I have long since found a career in my field (as a chemist in biotechnology), but 20 years later still maintain so many of those connections made at Fleet Feet and continue running with many of them.

My small claim to running fame is being the first American at the Berlin Marathon in 2005. Of course back then, American elite & sub-elite runners weren't really competing in European races, so it isn't really that impressive. My marathon PR of low 2:35 was set at the 2006 Chicago Marathon. I never siloed myself as just a road runner, or even just a runner. That's part of what drew me to Colorado. I love hiking the mountains (have climbed 33 14ers), skiing, snowshoeing (including snowshoe racing), SUP, etc, etc. So I have competed in many different races, but most do revolve around running. Among the many events I have finished include: San Juan Solstice 50 Miler (Lake City, CO), Grand Traverse Run (Crested Butte to Aspen), Jungfrau Marathon (Interlocken, Switzerland), a sub 3 hour Pike's Peak Ascent (completed Ascent twice & the Pike Peak's Marathon once), 2:42 PB at Imogene Pass Run (completed IPR 5 times), sub 5 hour Half Ironman (Boulder), racing across the dunes of Oregon, along with years and years of competing at the Mountain Games in Vail. As I have gotten older and slower, I can't compete for times anymore, so am challenging myself in a different way by starting to dabble in Burro Racing. Here the relationships with the donkeys is more critical than just running for time.

After knowing Melody for years, she convinced me to help with coaching Boulder Mountain Warriors in 2024. Our views around running and training align, the idea of making running a lifelong passion, not just about results today. Running has been such an important part of life and I hope I can create an environment for our Warriors to grow in, so they can also share in that as well.