Online coach for Masters athlete?

In before wizardly BS.

Good luck in finding a proper coach !

Magic Bullshit wrote:

In before wizardly BS.

Good luck in finding a proper coach !

Haha! No magic BS....just magic coaching! If you want a coach with 100% guarantee for improvement you should contact

coach Jan Stensson on Facebook or Twitter. He is still relatively cheap to hire.

Life begins at 40 wrote:

I have been running for about 5 years and have made some decent improvement. I have self coached from reading books and that has worked well for me but recently I have started to pick up some injuries.

I turn 40 next year and would quite like to be competitive in the masters division, at least at a local level (I think I am capable of 2.38ish in the Marathon).

I have been thinking that getting an online coach with experience of working with older guys might be the way forward.

Grateful for opinions and also any coach suggestions.

Thanks.

What do you self think is the cause to injuries?

To much training and not proper recovery?

Wrong paces?

Wrong shoes?

Wrong surface?

Do you have any idea of that?

And just saying it.......age 40 is not an older guy. You can easily improve up to 50 .

Feel free to email me to discuss running philosophy for masters marathoners. Happy to discuss concepts and give some general principles, free of charge.

I'm a masters athlete who has run 2:30-2:35 three times, as well as a coach. You can email me at

bill@brooklynbornrunning.com

and you can check out my website to see more about my exeprience as a runner and a coach, my approach to coaching and the types of athletes I coach.

Life begins at 40 wrote:

I have been running for about 5 years and have made some decent improvement. I have self coached from reading books and that has worked well for me but recently I have started to pick up some injuries.

I turn 40 next year and would quite like to be competitive in the masters division, at least at a local level (I think I am capable of 2.38ish in the Marathon).

I have been thinking that getting an online coach with experience of working with older guys might be the way forward.

Grateful for opinions and also any coach suggestions.

Thanks.

Runfastcoach.com

Tinman has a lot of experience with competitive masters. His program is designed to maximize performance within the requirement of avoiding injury.

I'm biased. He coached my son to XC state championship.

I've coached several Masters athletes, one of which was 2nd overall Female at the Dallas Marathon last year and another that just ran a PR at the NYC Marathon last week. I charge $50/month, or $500/year (basically two months free on this deal).

You can email me at

thedailyrun@gmail.com

. I would be more than happy to help you reach your goals!

Tinman would be interesting. He's obviously had a lot of success with some of his athletes. Should you go with him, please update this thread. My sense is his approach would be very different than mine, so I'd be curious to see how you'd progress on a program that is a bit different than he traditional threshold pace approach to training.

I think you have a ton of options. But from experience I would talk to 3-4 different coaches. The goal is figuring out how to train hard enough and stay healthy. That takes more creativity than most people can comprehend.

I have followed Smoove for awhile here on the forum.

I have no idea if he coaches individuals but he’s a masters runner who can walk the talk. He won chicago a few years back and ran low 2:30 last year at Boston after a serious injury and rehab.

Thanks, Masterblaster. For the record, 2:34 at Boston this year - but still top American 45 and up.

Have a look at my site:

http://throughthelinetraining.com

Let me know if there is any interest....

Life begins at 40 wrote:

I have been running for about 5 years and have made some decent improvement. I have self coached from reading books and that has worked well for me but recently I have started to pick up some injuries.

I turn 40 next year and would quite like to be competitive in the masters division, at least at a local level (I think I am capable of 2.38ish in the Marathon).

I have been thinking that getting an online coach with experience of working with older guys might be the way forward.

Grateful for opinions and also any coach suggestions.

Thanks.

No one else have asked you this question : What kind of injuries?

Have a feeling this is someone trolling,hehe!

That would be part of any coach's questionnaire. OP,

I'd schedule a call with Randy Lipinsky among others. His stable of athletes and his certifications and national coaching experience are all impressive. He may turn out not to be the right person for you depending on his philosophy and your preferences (and because interpersonal connections and comfort are an important part of the coach-athlete relationship), but he should be part of the conversation for sure.

COACH J.S å ä ö wrote:

No one else have asked you this question : What kind of injuries?

Have a feeling this is someone trolling,hehe!

More than a few very qualified individuals offered their services on this thread. You are not one of them. Please go away.

One thing bugs me about Tinman. One of his core training principles is training at "critical velocity" yet there is nothing about this in "Build your running body" the book he co-authored with Pete Magill. The term does not appear in the book.

Paul2432 wrote:

One thing bugs me about Tinman. One of his core training principles is training at "critical velocity" yet there is nothing about this in "Build your running body" the book he co-authored with Pete Magill. The term does not appear in the book.

Tinman once wrote in a very polite way that all the authors had to give up some of their personal pet peeves to make a better whole (or something like that).

you're a joke wrote:

COACH J.S å ä ö wrote:

No one else have asked you this question : What kind of injuries?

Have a feeling this is someone trolling,hehe!

More than a few very qualified individuals offered their services on this thread. You are not one of them. Please go away.

+1

you're a joke wrote:

COACH J.S å ä ö wrote:

No one else have asked you this question : What kind of injuries?

Have a feeling this is someone trolling,hehe!

More than a few very qualified individuals offered their services on this thread. You are not one of them. Please go away.

Not qualified?

Valencia Marathon 2016 Winner Victor Kipchirchir 2.07.38

Nice-Cannes Marathon 2016 Winner Elisha Kipchirchir 2.10.44

O.R Tambo Marathon, SA 2017 Winner Bernard Kipsang 2.19 ( very hot! :

Belfast half 2017 Gideon Kipsang 1.04

Eindhoven Marathon 2016 Duncan Maiyo 4:th 2.09.25

Great North Run half 2016 Duncan Maiyo 5:th 1.02.08

Mully Half,Kenya 2016 (high altitude) Winner Sammy Nyokaye 1.01.40

Vienna Marathon 2016 Angela Tanui 5:th 2.26.30 debut

.......and many, many more great results......... and out from this done in just 2,5 years you have guts to say " Not qualified".

Thanks everyone who has contributed to this thread, I will have a look at the suggestions later today.

Smoove / Bill, I will drop you an email. You definitely sound like someone I should be speaking to.