Coaching

Over the course of my 12-year competitive career I’ve raced well at a variety of distances ranging from the mile to the marathon, owing much of my success to good coaching throughout my college years and beyond. Of course there was plenty of hard work involved on my end, but any athlete who wants to improve will work hard. Good coaching will take that hard work, give it some direction and help it flourish into fast times and breakthrough performances. I’ve been fortunate enough to train under some excellent coaches, whose influence has inspired me to help others achieve their goals.

My own coaching career began in 2004 — by accident, really. A few of my former college teammates getting ready to make their first forays into longer distance races asked me to create training programs for them. I did. They all raced well in their respective events, and since then I’ve gone on to coach a number of athletes to personal bests and Boston Marathon qualifiers, while helping others finish their first marathon, achieve time standards for military fitness tests or simply just drop a few pounds.

Regardless of an athlete’s fitness or competitive goals, it’s the excitement of seeing someone achieve what they set out to do that energizes me as a coach. I enjoy the challenge of working with athletes of all ability levels, and as your coach I will take into account your training history and available training time in order to develop a personalized training program that suits your needs and will help you achieve YOUR goals. When working with you, my main aim is to identify your strengths as well as your weaknesses, and proceed to develop a training program that will maximize those strengths, improve the weaknesses and help you become the best runner you are capable of becoming.

For more information about my own running background, click here. To see what some of the athletes I’ve worked with have to say about me as a coach, go here. And finally, if you are interested in having me coach you, visit this page and send me an e-mail.

Personalized Training Plans

Your personalized training package includes:

• Initial consultation to discuss your fitness or competitive goals, athletic and injury history, strengths and weaknesses, as well as a general explanation and overview of my coaching philosophy.
• Fitness evaluation and gait analysis.
• A customized daily training schedule, e-mailed to you in 4-week blocks.
• Unlimited contact by telephone and/or e-mail as needed.
• Supervised workouts upon request.
• Assistance with race planning and development of sound race-day strategies.
• Nutritional guidance to fuel optimal performance.
• Injury prevention advice and strategies for recovering from existing injuries.
• Assistance with finding proper footwear and equipment for training and racing.

Rates
1 month (4 weeks): $100
8-week package: $200
12-week package: $275
24-week package: $550
36-week package: $800
48-week package: $950

Training Consultation

Training consultation is available by e-mail, telephone or in person if you have developed your own training program and would like input on how to improve it or tweak it in accordance with your training and racing goals. Assistance is also available for goal-setting strategies, developing a cross training routine, advice on returning to training after an injury, race-nutrition practices and peaking for a key race.

Cost: $50/hour.