Our mission

Dr. Adam Tenforde, MD, is a board-certified sports medicine physician and Director of Running Medicine at the Spaulding National Running Center, and Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. His clinical and research work focuses on running-related injuries, bone stress injuries, injury prevention, and athlete health.

As a Scientific Advisor to STRIV in his individual capacity, Dr. Tenforde advises the team on biomechanical metrics, research design, validation methods, and how movement insights are communicated to runners. He completed his residency and sports medicine fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center.

Kate O'Neill Tenforde is a 2004 U.S. Olympian and one of the most accomplished distance runners of her generation. She competed for Yale University, where she was a seven-time All-American, ten-time Ivy League Champion, and was named the 2003 NCAA Woman of the Year for Connecticut.

In 2004, Kate qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team in the 10,000 meters after running 31:34 and finishing third at the U.S. Olympic Trials. She later transitioned to the marathon, placing third at the 2007 Chicago Marathon.

Drawing on her experience as an elite athlete and years of coaching runners of all levels, Kate advises STRIV on athlete experience, training insights, and translating movement data into practical guidance that helps runners optimize performance, training and recovery.