Success Stories

Having been referred by a training plan client, Tom got in touch to get some guidance to the Edinburgh marathon, his first marathon in 14 years.  With his PB of 3:36:27 from the 2008 London marathon, and his last running of the marathon distance being over 4 hours, the goal was to run under 4…

Simon was referred to me by our mutual physiotherapist Fiona Cressey-Roberts, as well as knowing him from the club I coached at. He’d had a rough 6 months with injuries to his foot and knee, as well as a gall bladder operation a few weeks before we began. Having secured a place to run the…

A mutual friend introduced me to Rachel, to help her prepare for her marathon debut in London in 4 months’ time.  It would be a big jump up in both training and distance for Rachel, but from our first meeting it was clear she was very driven and willing to put in the hard graft needed….

I met Paul several years ago through the club I ran with at the time. In 2022, he approached me for a package of 3 Runner’s MOTs but before the first one, he sustained an injury and subsequently didn’t manage to finish the Southampton marathon. I recommended a physiotherapist and some exercises to work alongside…

Nicky was running 10k as the maximum distance in any run at the start of his 6 months of coaching, so we needed to build this up as well as adding speedwork to achieve the sub 3:20 marathon he wanted to work towards.  In January, Nicky twisted his ankle, swapping runs for other cardio and…

Having secured a charity place in the 2023 London Marathon, Melanie attended an online workshop I co-hosted and was seeking some guidance. Having run a virtual marathon in 5:02 back in 2019, this would be Melanie’s first official marathon. We had 16 weeks to get ready, factoring in weekly hockey training and several Saturday matches…

I was recommended to Matt by friends and clients from my old running club. He’d just run the Manchester marathon, achieving a very respectable 3:28:13, and wanted to improve this in Berlin. When it came to initial testing, Matt’s strength was still the shorter distances around 5k despite his recent marathon training. The slight imbalance…

6 months before London, we began with a 12 week training plan focusing on speed. Throughout this time, Kim improved her 10k from 56:59 all the way to 52:42. This brought her projected marathon time down from 4:21 to 4:04.  With a marathon PB of 4:59 from Amsterdam in 2019, Kim was on for a…

I’d known Kevin for 4 years before I began coaching him, and in this time he’d had a series of injuries that had stopped him reaching the heights he was capable of. Through a Runner’s MOT, we identified adjustments to avoid the issues whilst still allowing for effective training. Having started with an initial 10…

Kate had run a marathon personal best of 3:43:58 in October, but felt she needed more structure to reach her marathon goals. When we started working together in December, we set sub 3:30 and sub 3:35 as her goals. Kate needed more speed over shorter distances, so we focused on 10k work, before moving on…

Jon was kindly pointed in my direction by client of mine who’s also a running coach and had helped Jon progress before. A huge part of Jon’s motivation is his late-wife Rachel who sadly passed away in 2018, his two girls, his very supportive partner Joanne and Breast Cancer Now, the charity he was raising money for. We…

Jason was pointed in my direction by his brother-in-law, a friend who coaches at Wymondham AC. Having trained for triathlons, Jason was used to a lot of training. We kept weekly swim sessions, and worked on his cadence, identified as an area for improvement from Garmin data and his Runner’s MOT. Jason was hard working and…

Jamie and I initially met through a Runner’s MOT initially, following on from a string of injuries which physiotherapy had helped but not fully resolved. Jamie then got a place for the London marathon the following year, raising funds for the Mental Health Foundation. Since it would be Jamie’s first marathon, and he had a…

James stopped by my studio in June, after his Manchester marathon of 3:36:34 in April. We started working together in August but training had reduced due to work demands, so we set a target of 3:36 for New York in November since a PB was unlikely. We started with a Runner’s MOT to look at…

Jack had run a fantastic 2:47:07 in the 2022 London Marathon, but was looking to crack 2:45:00, for his return in Spring 2023, so he got in touch for a 12-week training plan. We started with a Runner’s MOT and set up drills, mobility and strength training to compliment the running sessions we’d be setting….

I met Hilary through the running club we were members at. She’d run her first marathon in 2019 in 4 hours and 1 minute, so when we began in August 2020, she was looking to run faster for her next race which didn’t have a set date due to Covid-19. Nevertheless we tested Hilary’s current…

I met Dan a few years ago when he bought a kettlebell from me, and he then booked in for a Runner’s MOT. From his MOT progress, he wanted some more targeted training together, and then moved into training for the Manchester marathon. Dan had done two previous marathons, but with a busy career and…

Craig got in touch after friends from his running club pointed him in my direction to help prepare for the London Marathon. Although we initially looked at a training plan, after the consultation we agreed that the online coaching package would be more appropriate due to Craig traveling for work at times, and a previous…