How helpful are running coaches?

It depends on your goals and how well you work with a coach. If your goal is simply to complete an ultra, you can probably get by on informal advice here. If you simply need motivation, you can also use this forum, but you will get nasty replies along with good advice.

Coaches are expensive and they only benefit people who listen to them.

Because of the low barrier to entry, running coach is one of those when all else fails jobs. That’s why you have so many losers and failures doing it.

Look at all the nothing happening middle-aged women on Instagram calling themselves running coaches. The exception being the great Elizabeth Clor, whose insights are always pure gold. 😂😂😂

But you have got time to sh*tpost on an anonymous running forum 24 hours a day during the Christmas holidays

Look at those two Saratoga freaks. They had to make up for their miserable defects by bullying high school girls.

What a brilliant piece of writing! The author has done a fantastic job presenting facts while keeping the tone engaging. It shows deep research and a genuine passion for the topic.

Ummm...are middle aged women not capable of coaching?

Upgrade to the “I got this,,,” bot.

We’ll probably get the standard follow-up, but we’ve also gotten a new take applauding the scraped and pasted post for being insightful and engaging. I’m assuming that will be boilerplate.

Coach Dunning-Kruger

Wesfly

That's funny!

You got this. Idiot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/running/comments/1prypqi/how_helpful_are_running_coaches/

At your level you don't really need a running coach, just ask chat gpt for a beginners ultra marathon training plan, and stick to it ( thats the hard part). However, if paying someone money keeps you motivated to hit your goals, then go for it.

I agree. Jerry Schumacher.