Jeff Oliver – Portland, Maine Running Coach
From: $80.00 / month and a $19.00 sign-up fee
50% off your 1st month! 15+ years coaching track, cross country and road races, customized plans, frequent communication, runner specific strength work
Description
Portland running coach Jeff Oliver has coached youth, high school and individual adult athletes, in a wide variety of distances, and he uses both consistency and flexibility to help his athletes reach their full potential in both their training and racing. Reach out to Jeff below to get started!
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LEVELS: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
TYPES: Road, Track
DISTANCES: 5k/10k/Half Marathon, Marathon
TRAINING PLATFORM: Final Surge
TRAINING PLAN: Individual, customized training plan
COMMUNICATION: Unlimited email, unlimited text
RESPONSE TIME: Within 24 hours
LOCATION: Scarborough, Maine
IN-PERSON SESSIONS: No, online coaching only.
SPECIALTIES
- Track distances from 800 to 3200
- Road distances from 1 mile to marathon
- Strength work that includes video instruction
- Communication (open communication is very important to me)
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Masters Running/Training
PHILOSOPHY
I am a very communicative individual that works hard to get the best results for my athletes. I enjoy the challenge of unlocking the keys to success for each runner. My runners receive frequent feedback and encouragement from me. I believe the mental side of things is as important as the physical and so I aim to be as open and engaging as needed. I believe in being patient with training and I believe that strength work is very important for injury prevention. The strength workouts I assign are needs based, runner specific, very short, very effective and always in video form. I absolutely love running and I am looking to create that same love for running within each athlete I coach.
COACHING EXPERIENCE
I started my coaching journey back in 2007 when I began working as a high school cross country and track coach. Was named coach of the year several times and got to see many of my athletes compete at the collegiate level. Between cross country and track I have coached over 20 district championship teams. Since moving to Maine in 2018, I have coached amateur runners from the high school level to the Masters level and from the 800 to the marathon. I’ve helped runners set personal bests both on the track and the road, including a few Boston qualifiers along the way.
ABOUT ME
I have a 7 and a 10 year old who absolutely love sports (yay!) and of course a beautiful wife who keeps us all organized and moving forward. If you couldn’t already tell, I love all things running. My only other obsession is board games, I love a good Catan game and don’t miss too many weeks without playing monopoly with my kiddos.
BIG INFLUENCES
Renato Canova – The premise of Renato’s training is to extend an athlete’s ability to last a given pace, otherwise put, extend the length of time an athlete can run at the specific goal race pace leading up to race day. Base training utilizes both ends of the training spectrum, high and low intensity stress. The goal of training is to increase speed endurance.
Jack Daniel’s – I find the pacing tables in his book to be very useful.
PRs
- 5k – 16:12 at the 2008 Footlocker South Regional Championship
- 4 Miles – 21:35 at the 4 on the 4th in York Maine 2019
- 8k – 27:05 – FSU Cross Country Invitational 2008
- 10k – 34:20 – Beach to Beacon 10k 2019
- Half Marathon – 1:15:18 Gulf Coast Half 2018
- Half Marathon – MASTERS WINNER 1:16:06 Maine Half Marathon 2022
- Marathon – 2:44:19 Snickers Marathon 2016
CONTACT JEFF
Finding a coach who is a great fit for you is really important. We encourage you to email your coach prior to signing up so you can connect, communicate, and ensure a good athlete/coach fit.
SOCIAL
Bradley Wigginton –
Jeff is the man!! His ability to clearly respond to all my questions/ concerns in a timely manner is Incredible. Maybe one of the most important things to me is knowing that my coach is actually looking/ working with my data, and I know Jeff does by his quick response to my runs and letting me know where I need to improve and the things I did well. Really enjoy working with him and the improvements I have made have been crazy!! Not only would I recommend Jeff, but I hope he knows he’s on the long haul working with me 🙂
sldorse42 –
Jeff has been an amazing coach over the last 5 weeks. I have been using him for my marathon build for a sub 3 and he has been quick to respond to questions or comments and also give feedback and uplifting responses. I would recommend him to anyone looking to improve on their running and do it in a healthy and safe way. I am looking forward to the next 15 weeks of learning from a great guy and coach!
Mina Barać –
I started running maybe two months ago. I struggled to run a mile at the beginning. Yesterday I ran my first 5k and won 3rd place in my age division! Jeff is truly an amazing and highly experienced coach. Every week he develops a running plan I should follow. He is very accommodating and always available when I have questions/concerns. He is very attentive to detail when it comes to my stats and makes sure I am both challenging myself and resting when I need to. He also helps me develop a healthy attitude towards running so that it doesn’t become a chore. Coach like that is hard to find!
I am excited to continue my running journey with coach Jeff!
Ernie Milner –
Jeff is a very experienced and accomplished running coach. In our initial consultation he listened to my goals and my running history. He then dove into my online running data to gain a thorough understanding of my current abilities as a runner. With this knowledge, he developed customized training plans that have quickly helped me improve as a runner both in terms of endurance and speed. Specifically, his coaching helped me to a 7 minute faster finish time at the Boston Marathon. Jeff is great to work with, he’s encouraging and provides thorough and timely feedback. I highly recommend Jeff!
Greg Sinnett –
First of all, working with Jeff is a lot of fun. I got a custom plan with plenty of feedback and encouragement to meet my running goals. I’ve increased my weekly milage, decreased my splits and ran a 10min PR in the half marathon thanks to Jeff’s coaching, nutrition, warmup tips and custom workouts. I’m not an elite runner, but Jeff’s experience coaching top-tier athletes shows, and I’m having a great time becoming the best runner I can be.