Kate Gooding – 3:43:58 to 3:33:28 Boston (UK) marathon

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 to half marathon training, ahead of the marathon block. Through test runs, we saw Kate run unofficial personal bests over 10k, 10 miles and half marathon.

In the middle of the marathon block, the race date was shifted back from April to the end of May. Despite the challenges of a hot and windy day, Kate ran 3:33:28, a PB of over 10 minutes, a well earned result for her hard work and dedication in the previous 6 months of training.

Quote from Kate

“Kyle’s motivation, knowledge and dedication has helped to give me the support and structure to achieve my running goals this year. Kyle works really hard for his clients to help them achieve their potential and genuinely cares about those he’s working with. He’s a great coach and a lovely guy and he’s in-depth knowledge of his sport is hugely impressive.”