Anybody have any experiences with using an online running coach? Pros? Cons? Recommendations? Soooooooo.... any decisions? :?: :D I went with Karl Meltzer. Seems down to earth. This Saturday is my first race under his guidance, so we'll see how things go. :) How have you found the training compared...

daddy_runner wrote:Anybody have any experiences with using an online running coach?
Pros? Cons? Recommendations?

Soooooooo.... any decisions?

Spirit wrote:Lisa Bachen?
She would be fabulous.

She definitely was!

Funny you mention Lisa Smith-Bachen. She's one of the two. The other is Karl Meltzer. I thought Lisa's price was the same as Karl's ($200/month). Maybe she had a price increase since I started looking around? My experience with Lisa was nothing but positive. We never did meet in person but when I'm...

Thanks rungeek! Now, as for the price... Was it worth it, and would you have been able to do it without the coach? If I do pursue an online coach, I've narrowed it down to two online coaches, both with extensive (and impressive) resumes. And both pretty pricey. At the time it was about $150/month a...

As of June 2nd I've started a training schedule for a race in late August so some structure might do me some good . - Mileage should be around 250km for the month. - I won't run every day but I will workout every day. - I'm not in good enough shape to run my age (not even in km) on my b'day but I wi...

- I think I'm going to continue with my April plan and target to run everyday in May. I want to increase the average length of each run so that fewer are right at my 30 minute minimum and thereby increase my mileage from April by 20%. (I don't tell real numbers as they are still kinda embarassing. ...

Hi I used an online coach a number of years ago when I had a chance to run a race that would likely be a "one of" and was outside my normal realm of experience. The tricky part was at the onset of our relationship when we didn't have a good handle on each other and I balked at some of her ...

- I think I'm going to continue with my April plan and target to run everyday in May. I want to increase the average length of each run so that fewer are right at my 30 minute minimum and thereby increase my mileage from April by 20%. (I don't tell real numbers as they are still kinda embarassing. :...

I'm trying something a bit different (for me) to force some consistency back into my running. I've committed myself to run every day in the month of April with a 30 minute minimum run to count. I've gotten into the habit of bailing on runs too easily so an obligation to run every day no matter what...

Great report and incredible pictures. Glad to hear you only had one "yikes" moment but from looking at the pictures its hard to believe there weren't more. I had about 10 yikes moments just looking at the pics from the safety of my desk.

Congrats on an incredible run.

I'm trying something a bit different (for me) to force some consistency back into my running. I've committed myself to run every day in the month of April with a 30 minute minimum run to count. I've gotten into the habit of bailing on runs too easily so an obligation to run every day no matter what...

I'm trying something a bit different (for me) to force some consistency back into my running. I've committed myself to run every day in the month of April with a 30 minute minimum run to count. I've gotten into the habit of bailing on runs too easily so an obligation to run every day no matter what ...

The one, and so far only, time that I ran a 100 mile race, I kept the mental side very simple. In the time leading up to the race I kept the thought in my head that the only way I wouldn't finish was if I was pulled from the race. I never left an opening for me to make the decision not to finish; it...

I wondered about the lack of races outside AB as well. Some other commentary I've heard from the US points to the same issues in some regions there as well. Thanks for the qualifier comments Ian. Logistically CDR is a pain as it seems hotels are already in short supply plus if I ever ran it I would ...

I saw this on twitter yesterday so checked it out (for no particular reason...honest). Here's the link to the races that can be used to qualify for the lottery in 2015. Quite different that 2014 qualifiers. http://www.wser.org/qualifying-races/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; What I f...

I have a pair of the Talons and I really like them for shorter trail runs (under two hours). They are quite a minimal shoe so on longer runs I found that the bottom of my feet really felt beat up from the rocks, gravel etc that hit you through the fairly thin outsole. The rubber of the out sole is v...

43/51 I did get a decent long run done this Saturday but missed Friday's run so I've added to my deficit. I wasn't able to double up on Sunday as it was Superbowl Sunday and I had to go eat crappy food and drink beer. Over halfway through the challenge and I've dug a bit of a hole but not insurmonta...

Ok, as of Sunday, I am 37 out of 44 for running and 41 out of 44 for all activities. Ended up 8 for 7 running this week (11 for 7 with all activies) to pay down my deficit for the first time since the challenge started. I'm hoping for another 8/7 week this week to keep inching towards "break ev...

After fighting a nasty head cold for the whole week and missing a few runs because of it I'm stuck at 30/37 for a run challenge and 32/37 if I count other activities. This won't be a catch-up week due to some family time constraints and a two day work trip but the cold is over so at least the runs I...

I'm sinking ....24/30 for running totals. Nasty head and chest cold for the last 4 days really messed things up (yes, the dreaded "Man-Cold") . Great intentions to run even a little bit were squashed by the overwhelming gravitional pull of the couch and a blanket. Feeling a smidge better t...

Nick wrote:What year did we want this implemented....

Heyy...I'm a Tom Longboat!! Cool.

Thanks to whoever implemented this change; much better than being a Prancer.

Four days of doing yardwork at my deceased Father-in-laws house in soggy Black Creek, BC (to get the house ready to be sold) set me back a bit. Probably burnt more calories doing that than I would on a run but it wasn't running so no help in my totals. :cry: I am currently at 18 out of 23 all runnin...

I'm 14 out of 16 so far (all running) . I haven't run yet today as my lower back was a bit locked up when I got up this morning. I think I tweaked it when I slipped on the ice during yesterday's run. My runs during the Christmas period were mostly short "get this done" type of runs. Once I...

Whoops, from a running challenge perspective I'm currently 11/13. A combination of last minute Christmas scrambling and then getting into the Egg Nog and rum sort of tripped me up for a few days. Back at it now..cue up the Rocky music its time to get my bloated Christmas carcass moving again. edit: ...