Working with athletes from beginner to intermediate, runners returning from injury, or looking to incorporate strength training, and addressing biomechanics with years of experience as a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant and specialist in Rehabilitation of the Injured Runner.
What You Can Expect

1. Initial onboarding consultation
2. A long range plan based on your goals and current fitness
3. Training plans updated weekly based on your subjective feedback and response to training load
4. Unlimited text and email plus one monthly phone or video call
5. Race planning and logistical support
6. Advice on nutrition, fueling, strength training, mobility, gear, and more
7. Dad jokes, memorable quotes, and occasionally good ideas

My philosophy is simple: I want to educate and empower my athletes to grow and understand the purpose and methods of their training. To provide the tools that allow us to build together, and to reach the highest levels of each athlete’s personal ability. I believe subjective feedback on training is one of the most important tools in building a plan that works best for each individual.

This is my first time coaching runners, but I have been coaching patients in a physical therapy clinic for the last five years with individuals and athletes of all levels and experiences. From professional ballerinas to high school and college athletes, football players, cyclists, and of course runners!

I never imagined I would be a runner, much less a coach. I spent my late teens, and most of my 20’s trying to be a professional musician- long story short: I’m not a professional musician. I love to push myself physically and mentally, and love to compete, but more than anything I love running with friends. I get more excited to run with a group of friends than I do toeing the start line at a race. After a good day out on the trails, you will probably find me grabbing a cheeseburger, and I won’t turn my nose up at chocolate shake.

I love helping people, and sharing what I know from my career as a physical therapist assistant, and from my coaching classes. I try to live the mantra “give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll never go hungry.” I want the same thing for my athletes as I do for my patients: to reach a point that they don’t need me anymore.

A lot of my running and coaching journey has been influenced by Matt Fitzgerald’s “80/20 Running,” and more recently his book “Chasing Mastery.”

I often reference Jay Dicharry, MPT, SCS, when addressing biomechanics and strength training with my athletes, and will frequently recommend his books.

I emphasize rest and recovery in training to avoid burnout, allow time for our bodies to adapt, and to decrease the risks of injury. I am a firm believer that high mileage training isn’t necessary to achieve your running goals, and that a balanced life and training plan yield the best results.

• Twin Mountain Trudge, 5x finisher (I never won, but I suffered, and got a cool mug for 5 years of self inflicted pain)
• Bighorn 52 mile 2023 (this was my first real ultra, and I hadn’t yet learned that ultra running wasn’t my strong suit)
• Never Summer 100k 2023 (this was when I started to wonder if ultra distances were right for me)
• Territory Run Camp 2023 (circumnavigated Mt. St. Helens from the Johnson Observatory- second coolest run of my life)
• The Great Divide 100 mile 2024 (this is when I realized that ultra distances were not for me. I dropped at mile 53, and hated running for the next 6 months)
• Red Feather Lakes Trail Jamboree Half Marathon 2024- 10th overall (I began to realize that shorter distances were more my speed)
• Run the Ranch 4 hour- 4th place in 2023 and 2025 (I was in first for awhile, and then I went further than I was ready to)
• Samson’s Revenge 10k- 3rd place (this is when I finally accepted the fact that you can be a trail runner without being an ultra-runner)

• UESCA Run Coach

• 5k: 21:36 (03/02/2025) Tortoise and Hare 10k
• 10k: 43:29 (03/02/2025) Tortoise and Hare 10k
• Half Marathon: 2:19:03 (04/05/2025) Run the Ranch 4 Hour, Trail Race