Trail Coaching
Prepare your (Ultra) Trail despite a leader's calendar
Personalized trail coaching for executives and leaders. A plan adapted to your schedule, trail-specific nutrition, mental management and climbing strategy.
The real problem of the executive who wants serious trail running
You don't lack the will, you lack a system. Most ambitious executives who get into trail running run more on enthusiasm than on plan: long weekend outings, midweek sessions squeezed between two flights, no real progression logic. The result is predictable — chronic fatigue, late-race DNFs and the painful feeling of always preparing the next race without ever truly being ready. Trail running is not running with elevation. It's a discipline with its own demands: terrain reading, climbing-descending economy, eccentric muscle preparation, energy management over hours, controlled breathing and a mental framework strong enough to hold under sleep deprivation. Without a structure that translates those demands into actionable weekly sessions, the executive trains hard… and progresses little. The right method makes 6 to 10 weekly hours enough to attack a 20km, a long trail or even an ultra — provided every session has a clear reason for existing.
Preparing for your next race? Start with my guide on building a trail training plan.
What most amateur trail runners don't know
Four blind spots that decide more races than fitness ever will.
Mismanaged breathing
Around 40% of runners suffer from avoidable exertional dyspnea: jaw locked, shallow chest breathing, broken cadence. A clean diaphragm protocol unlocks an immediate gear, especially on climbs.
Walking climbs strategically
On most slopes, fast walking is faster than jogging — and 30% cheaper in energy. Knowing when to switch, with what posture and what rhythm, is a trained skill, not instinct.
Mental & strategy, not the engine
Failure in trail is rarely physical: it's mental and strategic. Bad pacing in the first hour, no pre-built race plan, no protocol for low points — the result is a DNF that had nothing to do with fitness.
Poorly calibrated trail nutrition
Improvised fueling, sugar overdose, late hydration: most DNFs after kilometer 30 are stomach failures, not leg failures. Nutrition is trained like a session.
What your trail coaching includes
A complete framework, built around your calendar and your target race.
- Personalized weekly plan — flat running, climbs, descents, dryland strength
- Specific terrain work: technique on climbs, eccentric descents, ankle proprioception
- Trail nutrition protocol — training fueling and race-day fueling plan
- Race strategy: pacing, aid stations, pole transitions, low-point management
- Mental preparation: visualization, internal dialogue, sleep deprivation handling on ultras
- Gear advice — shoes, poles, pack, layering by season
- Real-time adjustment to travel, meetings and intense work periods
All levels, all distances (first 20km → 100km+ ultra)
Whether you're targeting your first 20km, a long mountain trail or an ultra of 100km and beyond, 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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