Early life Hartmann grew up in
Rockford, Michigan and graduated from
Rockford High School in 1999. He made his first national team as a junior runner at the
2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he finished in 66th place. He went on to earn a
BA in
education and
sociology at the
University of Oregon with highlights being fourth place in the
10,000 meters at the
NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2002 and 2003, and two runner-up finishes in the event at the
Pac-10 championships.
First road races After college, he began to take part in
road running competitions. He was third at the 2005 USA 20K championships which earned him a place for the
2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, where he came twentieth in a personal best of 1:03:32 hours. A fifth-place finish at the
USA Cross Country Championships led to an appearance at the
2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, although he managed only 76th place in the long race. He set a
5000 meters best of 13:36.33 minutes shortly afterwards, He failed to finish (due to
Ryan Hall's fast pace) at the
London Marathon in April, but enjoyed some success over 10,000 m: he set a personal best of 28:15.22 minutes at the
Stanford Invitational and was sixth at both the national championships at
2007 Pan American Games. He attempted to gain Olympic selection at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in
New York City, but his personal record run of 2:15:27 was only enough for tenth place. Three stress fractures left him unable to compete for most of 2008 and he considered abandoning the sport. He changed coach in 2009 from Brad Hudson to
Steve Jones and competed at mass races including the
Cherry Blossom 10-miler,
Steamboat Classic and
Bolder Boulder. He also ran in four national road championship races, with his best finish being a fourth place at the 25K race. ==Coaching career==