My coaching philosophy is simple. I believe no two athletes are alike, as everyone responds differently to different workouts, weekly mileage, methods, and runs. The first step in a successful coach and athlete relationship is learning about the athlete. A coach must know the athlete's background to determine weekly mileage, specific runs, and speed workouts to assign. This is critical in keeping the athlete healthy. It is also important to learn about the athlete's home and work life as these stressors can contribute to fatigue and injury. Running variety is key and I like to mix a variety of workouts in like speedplay, track work, hills, tempo runs, long runs and of course, easy runs. I will encourage you to have fun during training, laugh along the way, but at the same time we will work hard at achieving your goals, because at the end of the day you have to love what you do and be confident in your abilities!