Runner’s MOTs

Are you constantly battling injuries you’d rather avoid, or do you simply want to run faster in your next race?

Over the course of 90 minutes, I’ll assess your running style, strength and flexibility, to get you moving and running better.

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What is a Runner’s MOT?

Identify the right balance of training

We identify the right balance of training to fit with your weekly routine whilst getting you to your goals. Where appropriate we’ll adapt the session content, blending it with Sports Massage-style assessments to ensure we get the best results for you that we can.

Detailed documentation of what steps you need to take

After the session, I create a document detailing everything from the session, and what steps you need to take. The write-up will be with you within 3 days, but can be 7 days during marathon training season.

Access to online training videos

You’ll get access to a library of over 250 exercise videos I’ve recorded which will guide you through the areas that we’ve identified, typically around 5-10 minutes of daily movement and 2 hours per week of other strength, mobility and drills.

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Options & Pricing

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To get started with your Runners MOT simply click the button below and complete the form, I’ll then be in touch with the next steps.

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Single MOT

£75
  • A single MOT session
  • Detailed write up on next steps after your session
  • Discounted access to training videos for £4
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Double MOT

£135
  • Save 10% when you book two sessions
  • Detailed write up after each session
  • Discounted access to training videos for £4
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“Brilliant second MOT with Kyle this morning. Amazed at the progress I’ve made in the past ten weeks and the work we did today on my heel lift really made me look like a proper runner! My times have reduced amazingly with Kyle’s help and he’s really making me believe those long-dreamed of goals are achievable – thank you!“

Rachel Peters
Double MOT for half marathon goals

“Had 2 MOT sessions with Kyle for some marathon prep. Learnt a lot about the strengths and weaknesses of my body and running form and came up with some exercise routines to help improve my running, as well as a handy Google doc to log all of the exercise and progress.

On the second visit, there were clear improvements in many areas of my strength and flexibility, plus my running times had improved significantly (most notably half marathon pace).

Super friendly, great communication, very helpful and helped me become a faster runner. Can’t ask for much more from a running coach!”

James Pitcher
Double MOT for half and full marathon

“After suffering with a few injury niggles I decided to book in with Kyle for an MOT. I wanted to understand my strengths and weaknesses. 

I went away from the MOT with several strengthening exercises for key areas, a stretching guide/plan and some drills to improve technique. Since the MOT I have had no injury problems and feel fitter, stronger and quicker than ever. Long may it continue! Kyle is also great with any follow up questions and is always at the end of phone should you have any problems!”

Josh Castlo-Hall
MOT for injury management

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Questions?

Largely it’ll depend on your goals and how far you are from them, but you can expect to feel a difference from the technique work immediately, with the strength and mobility training taking effect within 2-3 weeks.

Generally, 12-16 weeks allows enough time for progress to be seen, and for the body to begin reaching a plateau. We then adjust everything in the second MOT, but the second session often is much more individual depending on how you’ve trained since the first session.

Technically, yes. I don’t call it that because of the use of the term “gait analysis” in the selling of running shoes. Whilst there isn’t a single definition of what is and isn’t a gait analysis, in your MOT we’ll cover a lot more than you’ve likely had done before in any other context.

To some degree yes, but that’s why I offer MOTs. Gait retraining in studies only covers simple cues to change how a person runs. Almost inevitably this does create problems and inefficiencies. That’s exactly why we assess, and then work to improve, the strength, mobility and gradual learning of gait changes, so that your body and brain can grow into a more efficient and lower risk running style. Gait retraining does work when it’s done well and thoroughly.

The testing isn’t massively intense. The hardest part is generally a wall sit test, but depending on your goal we don’t always use it. The rest of the assessments are more about quality of movement and mobility, than strength and endurance.

They can be if that’s what you’d like, and it’s appropriate for your individual circumstances however, the exercises I set vary a lot for each person. My focus is agreeing with you what amount of time you have to strength train each week and how it can work best for your schedule. Often it’s 15-20 minutes, 3-4 days per week, mixing body weight and resistance band exercises, or the use of more equipment for those who have access to it.

Not at all. I prepare notes before the session, take notes and voice notes during to ensure I can give you everything you need in your MOT report. I have over 250 videos on my Vimeo account that you get access to for life for £5 (to cover my costs). Videos cover the strength exercises, drills and mobility work, with narration of technical points, reps and sets to perform.

It depends on if you’ve been given a “diagnosis” of the injury or not. Often in MOTs for injured runners, we perform a hybrid MOT, mixing running gait assessment with more in-depth and specific testing for your injury. The goal is to find out what about your running style may have contributed to your injury, then work on reducing that risk.

Angles are drawn on to gait videos in the post-session analysis at various stages to help us assess, then measure improvement.

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To get started with your Runners MOT simply click the button below and complete the form, I’ll then be in touch with the next steps.

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