Duval Ruiz
Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT)
Running & Marathon Coach
Duval is a running coach and licensed massage therapist and has learned from some of the best running coaches in Houston. He spent a few years under former Houston Harrier's coach James McClatchie which paid off by netting some overall male awards and age category awards for most road races he has participated in. His personal best for the 5K is a 16:15 and for the marathon a 2:41. He is a 5 time Boston Marathon participant. He started formally coaching runners in 1998 with the Arthritis Foundation Houston Chapter's marathon training program and fund raising effort, Joints In Motion. After coaching with that program for 4 years he teamed up with Michael Merlino to create In Flight Running, a Houston area group run coaching program
Duval specializes in sports massage therapy for runners, cyclists and triathletes but also offers therapeutic massage.
He resides in Houston Texas with his wife Isabel and his son Armani and daugher Sierra.