I work best with athletes who value structured training, consistent communication, and a high-trust relationship with their coach. I’ve coached runners to PRs at every major distance and on every terrain, from first-timers to Boston qualifiers to sub-2:20 road marathoners. My specialties:

• Marathon, half marathon, and ultramarathon preparation
• Lifelong athletes who want to keep chasing PRs while staying connected to their “why”
• High-mileage aerobic builds and race-specific workouts
• Sustainable fueling systems, especially for high sodium and sweat rate runners
• Post-injury and post-burnout comebacks
• Busy professionals and parents, including returning after pregnancy, fitting real training into a full life

My approach is centered on care, consistency, and curiosity. Real performance growth comes from sustainable progress, not burnout or perfection. We’ll build a strong aerobic foundation, fuel like athletes, train hard but smart, and rest with purpose. Workouts are purposeful, recovery is planned, and communication is open. I treat every athlete as a whole person and adjust your training around your life, because life happens and the plan should flex with it. And I’ll never let your watch define your success.

I’ve coached over a hundred athletes since 2020, working primarily with adult distance runners: first-time runners and Boston qualifiers, trail ultrarunners and sub-2:20 road marathoners, and comebacks from pregnancy, injury, or burnout. What I’ve learned coaching alongside racing for this long is that the athletes who stick with the sport, and enjoy it, are the ones who learn patience early. That’s what I try to pass on. I’ve helped athletes finish their first races, chase ambitious PRs, and return with renewed purpose. I run Tavo Coffee Co. remotely from Austin, handling catering and operations, and lead a weekly community run from the shop in Downtown Bryan, TX, where D1 athletes and coaches from Texas A&M share easy miles with people brand new to the sport.

I’m a running coach, fifth-generation coffee producer, and co-owner of Tavo Coffee Co. My wife Cathy and I serve coffee from my family’s Guatemalan farm.

I got into coffee for the craft: the technical side of brewing, extraction, roast profiles, all of it. What I didn’t expect was to fall almost equally in love with the hospitality side, the actual connecting with people over a cup of coffee. Running has followed the same arc for me. I studied Sports Conditioning at Texas A&M because I loved the science of it: physiology, programming, training theory. But what keeps me coaching is the same thing that keeps me behind the counter, hearing an athlete’s own story with the sport and helping them write the next chapter of it.

One more thing: I’m a shoe nerd. I’ve put hundreds of miles into testing prototypes and production shoes alike, and I could talk for hours about how a midsole or plate changes the way a run feels. If you want a coach who nerds out on gear as much as training, I’m your guy.

I’m an RRCA-certified coach, the 17th Aggie in my family, and a lululemon and RNWY Ambassador. I’ve raced over 300 events, but my favorite place to run is the tropical mountain trails of my family’s farm, over a mile above sea level. Nearly twenty years into this sport, I’m still grateful every time I lace up, and that gratitude is honestly the biggest thing I hope rubs off on the people I coach.

My philosophy is shaped by all my own coaches over the years through middle school, high school, and college, and more formally the foundations of Arthur Lydiard, Jack Daniels, and Pfitzinger in structure, with a strong influence from David and Megan Roche in athlete-first communication and care, and I also value the science-forward, human-centered mindset of Steve Magness. I’m always learning and refining what makes training not just effective, but sustainable and joyful.

I’ve raced for nearly two decades across the track, cross country, roads, and trails, with over 300 races under my belt. I’ve finished the Boston Marathon three times (2024 to 2026), won races from the mile to the marathon, and set PRs well into adulthood. I’ve trained through injury, burnout, and professional pivots, and every phase has made me a better coach. These days, I’m chasing new PRs in the marathon and half while building toward ultramarathon training.

• B.S. in Sports Conditioning (Texas A&M University), with minors in Coaching and Psychology
• RRCA Level 1 Certified Running Coach
• CPR/AED Certified

• 3x Boston Marathon Finisher (2026 – 2:36 – 747th, 2025 – 2:40 – 765th, 2024 – 2:48 – 1,035th)
• Winner – Shiner Beer Run Marathon (2022, 2021), Half (2025, 2023), 10K (2024)
• Winner – Blue Bell Half Marathon (2022), 10K (2026, 2025, 2024, 2013)
• Winner – Love on the Run Half Marathon (2024)
• Winner – Buffalo Stampede Half Marathon (2021, 2012)
• Winner – Inaugural BCS Half Marathon (2011) – hometown race in Bryan / College Station, TX, one of less than two dozen runners to participate every year since its inception
• Winner – dozens of 5K races on the roads and trails including the Polish Pickle Run, various Turkey Trots and Firecracker 5Ks, the Kyle Field Ramp Romp, and numerous others
• Founder – Tavo Coaching and Downtown Bryan Run Club
• lululemon and RNWY Ambassador

• Marathon: 2:36:32 (4/20/26) 130th Boston Marathon
• Half Marathon: 1:12:13 (4/1/12) Armadillo Dash Half Marathon
• 10K: 32:55 (3/2/24) Blue Bell Fun Run 10K
• 5K: 15:35 (11/23/23) BCS Turkey Trot
• 2 Miles: 9:37 (10/5/12) Sunrise Two Mile
• 1 Mile: 4:24 (4/6/13) Texas A&M Twilight Meet

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