Personalized Running Coach
From 5K to Marathon
Personalized running coaching. 5K, 10K, half-marathon, marathon: a plan tailored to your professional schedule.
The executive runner's paradox: training slower to run faster
Most ambitious executives who get into running do the opposite of what the body needs to progress: every session is run at the same uncomfortable pace — too fast to be aerobic, too slow to be specific. The result is a plateau punctuated by minor injuries and a frustrating sense of stagnation despite real effort. The truth performance coaches know: 80% of your weekly volume should be run at a pace where you can hold a conversation. The remaining 20%, well placed, is what builds your race speed. This polarization is the lever that lets a busy executive prepare a half-marathon or a marathon with 4 to 6 weekly hours — provided every workout is justified, every easy run respected, and recovery treated as a session in itself.
The 3 classic mistakes of the executive runner
Three reflexes that cap progress — and that the right method corrects in a few weeks.
Starting too fast
The leading cause of failed races. The first kilometers feel easy, the pace drifts above target, and the last 30% turns into damage control. A controlled pacing protocol — built around a known threshold — protects the back end of the race and unlocks the chrono you actually deserve.
Ignoring nasal breathing in zone 2
Nasal breathing on easy runs is the most reliable intensity signal there is. If you can't hold it, you're running too fast for the session's purpose. Sticking to it builds the aerobic base that ultimately raises your top-end speed.
Neglecting recovery
Sleep, easy days, deload weeks — these are not optional. Performance gains happen during recovery, not during the workout. A plan that skips recovery is a plan that breaks down, sooner or later, in injury or burnout.
What your running coaching includes
A complete framework, built around your calendar and your target race.
- Personalized weekly plan — easy runs, intervals, tempos, long runs
- Pacing protocol calibrated to your real thresholds (not generic charts)
- Strength & injury prevention work tailored to runners (hips, core, ankles)
- Race-day strategy: pacing plan, fueling, mental cues
- Running-specific nutrition: daily fueling and race-day plan
- Gear advice — shoes, watches, race kit
- Real-time adjustment to travel, meetings and demanding work periods
What goals? First half, marathon, chrono PR, transition to trail
Whether you're preparing your first 10K, chasing a sub-1h30 half, breaking the marathon barrier or transitioning to trail running, the method adapts. What doesn't change: a clear structure, sessions justified one by one and constant adjustment to your professional reality. Executives, founders, demanding parents — the schedule constraint is the starting point, not an excuse. The plan integrates it from day one.
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Discovery call
30 minutes on video to define your goals, understand your athletic background and your environment.
Tailored program
Guidance and a plan built for your real life, adjusted every week.
Follow-up & progression
Weekly exchanges to evolve the planning with you and measure results together.
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