I love working with all types of athletes, whether it’s those who are just starting out or those who are reaching for a new goal. My specialties in coaching are at the ultra running distance (50k – 100M) and trail marathons.

As a member of the queer community, I intimately understand the difficult challenges faced with gender queerness and queerness in general as it relates to running. I advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion in running spaces and, as a coach, hope to continue lowering the barrier of entry for the LGBTQ+ community. With first-hand experience with HRT and reviewing existing (albeit minimal) research, I can provide guidance in navigating the changes that gender-affirming care can have on the running and training experience.

I also understand the difficulty managing the relationship between chronic pain and training. I have and continue to navigate my own training alongside ankylosing spondylitis, which influences my approach to movement and overall health with training. I’d love to share this knowledge with other runners who may also be managing chronic pain conditions.

I believe for coaching to be successful there must be mutual respect and trust between the athlete and the coach. I hope to earn your trust through sharing not only the day-to-day training needs but the long-term strategy and how it all works together to help you reach your goals – whether it’s hitting a PR or being able to run for decades to come. My coaching philosophy isn’t about telling you what to do, it’s about helping you understand the reasoning for why I’m recommending what I’m recommending.

My approach to coaching is to keep the athlete, their personality, and their goals as the focus. We will work together to find ways to incorporate training into your already busy life to balance training that works for you and your goals. I believe training must be individualized for each athlete.

In other lives, I was an engineer and user experience researcher. Those roles taught me how to ask the right questions, collect data, and dive deep into data analysis. I bring these approaches to building training plans based on both how the athlete feels and other data sources (things like heart rate) to continuously analyze, problem-solve, and optimize the plan. Let me bring these corporate data-analysis skills into your training plan!

I’ve been coaching friends since 2024 and am looking to expand to those outside of my circle. I’ve coached athletes to PRs for their distance of choice; for example, I recently coached an athlete to a 50 mile PR on the same course, decreasing their time by over 60 minutes in just 1 year!

I have coached myself for years to reach my own PRs. This includes dropping my half marathon time by 20 minutes in 1 year and dropping my 5k over 6 minutes in 2 years. While ultra running races aren’t directly comparable, I’ve decreased my time for 50k and 50 mile race times over the past couple years.

I was born and raised in Ohio before making my way to Indiana to earn my Bachelor of Science at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering, focusing on biomechanics and electrical signals. I wanted to study biomedical engineering to get a better understanding of how the body works and ended up loving learning about things like gait through setting up lab experiments to test and monitor gaits at different speeds. Little did I know this would eventually be part of my life years later and help me learn more about the physiology and strength for running!

Before moving out to Seattle in 2018, I learned about thru-hiking and ultra running online but never believed I’d be strong enough to do such a thing. My running journey started with great hesitation in 2019 when a co-worker in Seattle asked me to sign-up for a 10k and then a half-marathon only a few months later. After completing my first half-marathon I was hooked!

Starting in 2020, I began to feel a significant amount of pain in my SI joints, which at its worst left me barely able to walk down my hallway or take my dog out. After what I thought would be an easy run, I wasn’t able to stand up off my couch and was terrified I wouldn’t be able to move normally again. I finally went to see a doctor and eventually got a diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) months later. Armed with this diagnosis, I began looking for others with AS and seeing what types of activities they did, fearing I’d never reach my dreams of hiking and ultra running. I found Helgi Olafson who has AS and runs ultramarathons and has previously raised money for the Spondylitis Association of America. This gave me the hope I needed, and I have since learned how to use movement to help manage chronic pain with flexible enough training plans to adapt to flare-ups.

In 2021, I switched over to primarily running trails, and running became an integral part of my life. Trail running has added so much goodness into my life – pain management, meeting close friends, providing structure, feeling confident in my queerness and beyond. It was these running friends who gave me the confidence to explore gender outwardly more and the push to sign-up for my first ultra, which took place early 2023. I feel so at home in the mountains and running ultra distances.

I began HRT in early 2025 and have gone through a lot of personal learnings with how it has affected my body and training. It’s been such a joy to explore how to train with HRT. There’s little research on what to do when you start HRT and how it will impact athletics – this is a special interest of mine to continue to learn from research, my own experience, and the voices of others in the community to share knowledge with runners who are considering HRT.

My big influences are Jason Koop and Corrine Malcolm for their science based approach and individualization for an athlete’s needs. Helgi Olafson and his determination to continue ultra running, manage ankylosing spondylitis, and fundraise repeatedly for the Spondylitis Association of America.

While I love racing and working towards a goal, a personal goal of mine if to also enjoy long days out in nature. I’ve included a few key standout long effort days in the mountains as well as races below.

• 2019 Seattle Half-marathon
• 2022 Euguene Half-marathon
• 2023 Orcas Island 50k
• 2023 Wy’east Wonder 50M, 2nd non-binary
• 2023 Wildwood 27M/3000ft, Forest Park in Portland
• 2023 K’esugi Ridge Trail 30M/6500ft Alaska
• 2023 Javelina Jundred 100M, 3rd non-binary
• 2024 Loowit Trail 27M/7000ft, June Lake Trail approach
• 2024 White River 50k, 1st non-binary
• 2024 Oh deer (28 mile route in Olympics), a Cascadian Wilderness Endurance Series Route
• 2024 Javelina Jundred, DNF
• 2025 Hood Hundred 100M, 1st non-binary
• 2025 Olympics Grand Loop 42M/13,700ft

• Certified United Endurance Sports Coaching Academy (UESCA) Ultrarunning Coach

• US Trail Running Conference panelist, 2023

After running a couple of half-marathons early in my running career, I transitioned to focus on trail running and specifically ultrarunning.

• Half: 1:51:45 2022 Euguene Half-marathon
• 50k: 6:28:44 2024 White River 50k, 1st non-binary,
• 50M: 11:22:56 2023 Wy’east Wonder 50M, 2nd non-binary
• 100M: 24:45:01 2023 Javelina Jundred 100M, 3rd non-binary