FAQs

I provide training plans and coaching for endurance events – any distance from 3k up to and including a Marathon.

I provide plans and coaching for running. I don’t provide plans or coaching for multi-sports, or for the running elements of multi-sports.

This requires specialist knowledge and experience that I don’t have.

I don’t provide plans for distances longer than a marathon.

This requires specialist knowledge and experience that I don’t have.

When you work with an effective coach (someone who can help you improve while ensuring it’s enjoyable), it’s not just about the time you spend with them. It’s about the knowledge they’ve accumulated over years of experience and study … knowledge that will be used to develop and work through a well-rounded training plan. It’s taken more than ten years and hundreds of questions and answers in running groups, along with study and certification, to reach the level I’m at today – you get the benefit.

While £300+ may seem expensive for coaching a marathon, after the setup cost, it’s just £20 per week over the 16-20 weeks we’ll work together. For that £20, you get:
🔹 a plan that is designed to improve your running while minimising injury risk
🔹 someone monitoring your progress and working with you to adjust the plan if it’s not working as expected or if “life happens”
🔹 access to the running group (from1runner2another) or to me if you have any questions
🔹 race-day advice & strategy
🔹 someone that believes in training the whole runner, rather than just focusing on the running workouts.

All for £20 per week.

I started running in 2014 age 50.

I’m not a fast runner, but I trained hard for my first marathon and, using online tools and methods like Yasso 800s, was predicted to run sub-4. I ran 4 hours 20 minutes. Not bad, but not sub-4.

However, each of my next 4 marathons was a similar story: predicted sub-4; actual, 4 hours plus. And half-marathons? 1 hour 50 or longer.

I struggled using heart rate – how do you stay in Zone 2 on a long run? And I struggled using pace – how do you maintain a certain pace running uphill or downhill?

Then in mid-2018 I found power and the Palladino training plans. In November 2018, I ran a 1:37 half marathon; The following April, a 3:49 marathon!

What changed?

Everything.

Running with Power gave me:

⚡ Numbers matching my effort – increasing when I worked harder; decreasing when the running was easier.

⚡ Measured improvements in my running fitness – using Threshold Power, rather than relying on “feeling fitter”.

⚡ Workout targets matched to my fitness – no more “run 20 seconds slower than a 10k pace” or “run in Zone 2 for 2 hours”.

⚡ A way to balance my training load – to get the most from my training while minimising fatigue and injury risk.

⚡ Precise race targets – no more “hopeful goal times”.

As a coach, power provides the metrics and tools to bring out the best in my runners, even when coaching remotely.

And as a runner, power brought out the best in me.

Power can do the same for you.

Should “life happen” and you need to take a break from training, just let me know. We can discuss what to do next.

You don’t need to pay the full amount up-front. Instead, there’s an up-front deposit, with the balance billed every 4 weeks (for Event plans) or monthly (for Month-by-Month plans).

This enables both of us to budget on a monthly basis.

Please refer to my Terms & Conditions for more information.

I do not charge VAT (Value Added Tax / Sales Tax)

I only accept payment via bank transfer (UK or international) or standing order.

Why? I am a small business that needs to be careful with cashflow, including charges added by payment providers.

When you work with an effective coach (someone who can help you improve while ensuring it’s enjoyable), it’s not just about the time you spend with them. It’s about the knowledge they’ve accumulated over years of experience and study … knowledge that will be used to develop and work through a well-rounded training plan. It’s taken more than ten years and hundreds of questions and answers in running groups, along with study and certification, to reach the level I’m at today – you get the benefit.

While £300+ may seem expensive for coaching a marathon, after the setup cost, it’s just £20 per week over the 16-20 weeks we’ll work together. For that £20, you get:
🔹 a plan that is designed to improve your running while minimising injury risk
🔹 someone monitoring your progress and working with you to adjust the plan if it’s not working as expected or if “life happens”
🔹 access to the running group (from1runner2another) or to me if you have any questions
🔹 race-day advice & strategy
🔹 someone that believes in training the whole runner, rather than just focusing on the running workouts.

All for £20 per week.

I started running in 2014 age 50.

I’m not a fast runner, but I trained hard for my first marathon and, using online tools and methods like Yasso 800s, was predicted to run sub-4. I ran 4 hours 20 minutes. Not bad, but not sub-4.

However, each of my next 4 marathons was a similar story: predicted sub-4; actual, 4 hours plus. And half-marathons? 1 hour 50 or longer.

I struggled using heart rate – how do you stay in Zone 2 on a long run? And I struggled using pace – how do you maintain a certain pace running uphill or downhill?

Then in mid-2018 I found power and the Palladino training plans. In November 2018, I ran a 1:37 half marathon; The following April, a 3:49 marathon!

What changed?

Everything.

Running with Power gave me:

⚡ Numbers matching my effort – increasing when I worked harder; decreasing when the running was easier.

⚡ Measured improvements in my running fitness – using Threshold Power, rather than relying on “feeling fitter”.

⚡ Workout targets matched to my fitness – no more “run 20 seconds slower than a 10k pace” or “run in Zone 2 for 2 hours”.

⚡ A way to balance my training load – to get the most from my training while minimising fatigue and injury risk.

⚡ Precise race targets – no more “hopeful goal times”.

As a coach, power provides the metrics and tools to bring out the best in my runners, even when coaching remotely.

And as a runner, power brought out the best in me.

Power can do the same for you.

To learn about running with power, try the 5-Minute Guide to Running with Power.

Alternatively, try one of my Running with Power books:

• Running with Power: Why would you? WHY you might Run with Power. Explores what running with power is, what’s different about power, and why you should use it – the benefits.
• Running with Power: Getting Started HOW to start Running with Power. Takes you through choosing equipment and apps. Covers the five fundamental concepts behind power, including 13 activities for you to experience what it’s like.
• Running with Power: The Basics HOW to Run with Power. Covers the powerful models and metrics that you can use to guide your training and racing more effectively than using Heart Rate or Pace.

Power provides numbers that represent your effort – how hard you’re working when you run.

But that’s not the most important thing. The most important thing about power is that once you can put numbers to your effort, all sorts of things become possible.

To explore what power makes possible, please see the following posts:
🔹 Get your training targets right
🔹 Power targets are clearer than pace or heart rate targets
🔹 Metrics to manage your training load
🔹 Personal best race-day targets
🔹 Measure running form improvements

If you have a recent sports watch or Apple Watch, it may already include Power. Check with your watch manufacturer to see if it includes Power.

Alternatively, you can buy a Power Meter – power meters for running include the Stryd Footpod, the Garmin Running Dynamics Pod, HRM-Run, or HRM-Pro, the RunScribe Plus or Red, the Polar Grit or Vantage V, and the RUNVI insoles.

Personally, I’ve used Stryd Footpods (non-wind and wind versions) since 2018 and am 100% happy with them. Plus, Stryd consistently scores highly in reviews and comparisons (fellrnr, dcrainmaker, Outside) and comes with great customer service.

For more information on Power Meters, please see the following posts:
🔹 What is a Power Meter?
🔹 Do running power meters produce meaningful numbers?
🔹 Can you use a Stryd footpod to Run with Power?
🔹 Can you use a running watch to Run with Power?
🔹 What else do you need (apart from a Power Meter)?

Power is just another name for ‘effort’ – at least, that’s the simplest way I’ve found to describe it.

For more information about power, please see the following posts:
🔹 What is power?
🔹 Does running power really measure your effort?
🔹 Is power better than Pace or Heart Rate?
🔹 Is power just for elite runners?

Threshold Power is an intensity (an effort level) that’s within or close to the phase transition from the heavy domain to the severe domain.

There are many names for this phase transition – Anaerobic Threshold, LT2, VT2, Critical Power and more.

For more information about threshold power, please see the following posts:
🔹 What is threshold power?
🔹 Identifying your Threshold Power
🔹 Using Threshold Power
🔹 What’s the difference between …
🔹 Which Threshold Power protocol is best?