1:1 run coaching for serious race goals.

An app adjusts your paces to your data. It has never looked at your week and told you the workout was fine but the easy days around it were the problem, or that the smart move this week is to do less. It cannot, because it only sees the runs, not your sleep, your job, or the calf that has been talking since Tuesday. Deciding what to change first, and what to leave alone, is the whole job.

More on the difference: a running coach vs a training app.

That's fine. I coach runners at every level. Starting with a coach means building good habits early instead of spending a year figuring out what doesn't work.

Not at all. I came from the same background. I know how to build a running plan that works alongside a gym routine.

5K through marathon. If your goal race is longer, apply anyway and tell me about it.

I built a free Race Goal Check for marathon and half marathon goals that compares your goal time to your current fitness and timeline. Or just apply and ask. Either way you'll get a straight answer.

TrainingPeaks for training. Text for day-to-day communication.

I program runs. If you lift or cross-train, I'll factor that into how your running plan is built, but I don't prescribe those workouts directly.

No. All coaching is remote.

I cap the roster on purpose. Each athlete gets real attention, and when I'm full, I close applications.

Three months to start, then month to month. A real build takes about that long to show anything real, and I'd rather you judge the coaching on a full block than a rushed one.

Probably. Most runners' easy days sit too close to race pace, which is why they feel tired without getting faster. Slowing them down is usually what lets the hard days actually count.

It's priced like hiring a coach, not like a training app. A flat monthly rate. No tiers, no upsells, no surprises. It starts with a three-month block, because a real build takes that long to prove anything, then it's month to month. You'll have the exact price after the intake, in writing, before any call or commitment.

Earlier than most runners think. A goal-race build runs roughly 8 to 18 weeks depending on the distance, and coaching starts before the build does. Just finished a race? The weeks after it and the base phase are coached training too, and that's often where the next PR actually gets built. No race picked yet is fine. Choosing the right race for your fitness and timeline is itself a coaching decision.

Coaching does not end at the finish line. The weeks right after a goal race are where the next one gets built: recovery done right, then base, then the next target. We debrief what the block proved and decide where to point the next one.

First we figure out why, mid-block, not after. I read how you're responding every week and change the plan, not the goalposts. After the first three months it's month to month, so you're never committed beyond the current one. And if I don't think I'm the right coach for you, I'll tell you before you have to ask.

Coaching fits the days you actually have. If you can run 4 days, we build the best 4-day week instead of pretending you have 7. And sometimes the honest answer is that a goal needs a longer runway at your volume. I'll tell you that too.

Yes. How fast I run has nothing to do with it. Coaching is pattern recognition, and a quick runner's log hides the same mistimed work as everyone else's. Whatever your level, you get the same thing from me: an outside read on what to fix first.

Usually less than people expect. Most weeks the workouts stay and what changes is the timing and the dose: an easy day pulled back, a session moved off a heavy day, a long run trimmed so it does not cost you the week after. When something is genuinely off, the workouts change too. The goal is a block you can repeat, not a new plan every Sunday.

You tell me early, and the load changes that week instead of after the block breaks. When mileage climbs, the cause is usually how the build was put together, not bad luck, so that is what I check first. I don't diagnose or treat injuries, and I won't coach you through pain.

You text me and the week gets rebuilt around what's left: what to move, what to protect, what to let go. Adult runners usually need better constraints, not more motivation.

I'll tell you, with the reasons. A goal can be useful and still need a longer runway. Sometimes the answer is a different target. Sometimes it's the same target, later.

I coach the training side: day-to-day fueling, long-run and race nutrition, and how energy affects what your week can handle. If weight loss or body composition is part of your picture, include it as training context. I'm not a clinical nutritionist and won't pretend to be.

I came to running from the gym, starting at around 210 pounds. First marathon in 3:30, current PR 2:43, four-time Boston qualifier. I coach every level, 5K through marathon. My training and races are on Strava.