About us

Specialist endurance coaching built on experience

We focus on one thing: getting athletes to their finish lines prepared, healthy, and confident.

Marathon des Sables and specialist multi-stage endurance races demand preparation that generic plans cannot provide. We build plans that do.

Why athlete-specific planning matters

A Marathon des Sables preparation plan for an athlete in Manchester with 8 hours per week looks completely different from a plan for an athlete in Dubai with 14 hours per week, hill access, and a heat chamber.

The variables that matter are:

  • Your current fitness level and running history
  • Your goal: finish, place, or personal record
  • Your actual available training time
  • Your access to suitable terrain
  • Your work and family constraints
  • Your goals for the years ahead, not just this race

A real coach builds your plan around these variables. Generic apps ignore them.

Our approach

Listen first

We understand your race, goals, constraints, and experience before we prescribe anything.

Build specifically

Your plan is built for you, not adapted from a template for someone else.

Adjust as needed

Circumstances change. We adjust your plan as life evolves and you progress.

Real support

You get feedback, guidance, and a coach who knows your situation.

Why most training plans fail serious athletes

Problem

One-size-fits-all structure

Result

The plan doesn't match your actual fitness level, so it's either too hard or too easy.

Our approach

We assess your baseline and build progressively from where you actually are.

Problem

Ignores real constraints

Result

You can't stick to a plan that doesn't fit your actual schedule and life.

Our approach

Your plan works around your job, family, and travel—not against them.

Problem

No race specificity

Result

Generic training builds fitness but doesn't account for multi-stage fatigue, heat, pack carrying, or the specific stage structure of your race.

Our approach

Every element of your plan targets the specific demands of your race — heat, load, stage structure, terrain, and logistics.

Problem

No adaptation

Result

Life happens. The plan stays static while you adapt around it.

Our approach

We adjust your plan as circumstances change and you progress.

What we bring to your coaching

Our specialists combine proven coaching methodology with practical endurance racing experience

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Scientific training principles

We apply evidence-based coaching methods built on decades of endurance sports science.

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Actual race experience

Our coaches have completed the races we prepare athletes for. We know the real demands.

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Athlete-centred approach

We build around your life and goals, not the other way around.

Progressive development

We build fitness systematically and progressively, maximising race readiness.

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Continuous feedback

Coaching doesn't end at plan delivery. We support you through your preparation.

What we believe

Athlete constraints are real

Training for an ultramarathon while working full-time and raising a family is a genuine constraint, not a weakness. A good plan accounts for it.

Generic plans don't work

A plan built for a 25-year-old with unlimited training time won't work for a 45-year-old with competing commitments.

Finishing prepared matters

It's not just about crossing the line. You should finish healthy, confident, and ready for the next challenge.

Coaching is a partnership

We bring expertise and guidance. You bring the commitment and effort. Together, we get you to the start line prepared.

Ready to prepare properly for your race?

Start with the free assessment to understand your current readiness — or apply directly if you're ready to begin coaching.

Take the Assessment