Individual Coaching Package

With my Individual Coaching package you have a personalised training programme which recognises your unique training needs, whether you want to start running, run fitter, run further or run fast.

What is main benefit of the Individual Package?

The Individual Package brings you confidence that this is your plan written for you to meet your current fitness, your running goals and fit around your time available.

Coaching is built on communication and our regular feedback via Training Peaks, whatsapp and email ensures that we keep in touch throughout each week.

How do you know how I am getting on?

What makes my coaching different is the feedback, review and ongoing support via Training Peaks. I can see all of the data from each run on Training Peaks but it’s the comments and feedback from you via the app that adds the extra flavour and deeper understanding of how its really all going.

By reviewing your feedback as well as your runs and workouts, I can ensure your plan is responsive and adaptable. Which means we cut back when we need and push on when the time is right.

Will I get support with Strength and Conditioning?

As an experienced coach and elite athlete I know it’s not just about running. I will provide you with a general programme to focus on running-specific strength and conditioning exercises and drills to develop your strength, improve your technique, support your running and minimise injury.

However, poor technique (especially in heavy lifts) can be harmful so you must ensure that you have access to good quality, experienced and qualified face to face support to periodically monitor your technique in all strength work as this cannot be safely provided online.

Will I get support with nutrition?

Effective energy balance is fundamentally important for all endurance runners. This means ensuring your nutrition is sufficient and effectively planned to fuel all of the training you do. Alongside your busy life and regular day to day activities (which so many runners forget when planning nutrition). Timing of nutrition before and after sessions and avoiding long periods of fasting is especially important for effective energy balance.

You will get basic nutrition advice to support training but Running Jo does not provide detailed individual nutrition plans or advice.

Can you help me with marathon race fuelling?

This is where my experience and knowledge excel. Mid-race fuelling is very key especially in the marathon to maximise your potential. But all too many runners underestimate the practice, training and planning required to get this right.

I will give you advice on different fuelling strategies and how to work out what is best for you. Then build practice fuelling in training over a sustained period of time. So that on the day you are confident in what, when and how to get the best from yourself when it counts.

Will I get a personalised race plan?

Yes. My top-level competition experience hasn’t just come from parkrun or the local 10k. It’s based on performing and competing for over ten years at the highest level in GB, elite and international competitions.

This means your personalised race plan, race day advice and strategy and post-race feedback will give you the greatest confidence and belief to successfully translate your training into performance.

What if I get injured or ill?

Injury, illness and other interruptions are an inevitable part of life and running. As a coach I work in close partnership with physios and doctors as required to ensure you get professional and timely advice and support throughout.

With my extensive experience you can be confident that you will have the right guidance to help you navigate diagnosis, rehabilitation and return to running in a safe, appropriate and timely manner.