For real though, what is the genuine point of having one? You can come up with a plan to run fast you don’t need people to do that for you. Most great runners know what they need to be good. Are they just glorified baby sitters? Someone to talk to? Plus if you don’t do well it’s all on you. Can’t blame anyone but yourself if you don’t run better. I’m just saying unless you’re a professional runner or you go to a college KNOWN for running, what’s the point? Do these coaches really know any more than you do? My D1 COLLEGE coach just pulls stuff off the internet thinking I don’t know and slaps in on paper and tells us it’s his “secret plan” with his “throw it against the wall hope it sticks” training. He barely listens to what the athlete needs and claims he’s such a good coach when literally I could train them and they wouldn’t know the difference.