• Long distance (5k to marathon)
• Advanced
• Biomechanics: form analysis and loading insights, injury rehab

If interested, coaching package can also include:

• Running form analysis (video provided by athlete)
• Additional training/mechanical loading insights from a Stryd, Runscribe, or similar device you use

My goal as a coach is to help you explore what is possible for you. I don’t simply prescribe training – in fact, my goal is to help you eventually develop the knowledge and discernment to plan your own training. I will support you with expertise in training and sports science, but more importantly, I will walk alongside you as a guide, mentor, and source of encouragement throughout your journey. To achieve this goal, I coach with individualized, intentional training that supports long-term development.

Since every athlete is unique, I do not believe there is a single approach that works for everyone, although there are general principles that allow for individualization. As a technical starting point, I use a “foundation first” framework in my coaching. I believe that consistently building your abilities over time is the key to unlocking your potential. Therefore, I design training to continually develop your abilities across important factors of performance. To target these factors, sessions will span a broad range of desired adaptations and intensities, with emphasis depending on your background, needs, goals, and phase of training. Neglecting or overlooking a factor until it becomes a priority – like waiting to introduce race speed or faster work until the race is near – can limit the quality of training stimulus you can tolerate and increase the risk of injury. Instead, continually developing competencies across factors of performance allows us to progressively build race-specific ability. The stronger the foundations, the stronger the race-specific ability. This approach works both within a season and on a long-term scale (season to season).

In line with the foundation first principle, I prioritize athletes’ health and long-term development. Health is paramount to performance because it allows consistent training over time. No adaptation is meaningful if injury or illness prevents you from training and competing. Therefore, I encourage athletes to focus on raising the floor rather than reaching for the ceiling. I implement moderately challenging, highly manageable sessions that systematically build on each other and accumulate adaptations over long time. This keeps the risk of injury and illness low and allows you to continue to build upon your abilities, setting you up for long-term success.

I have been a student of the sport for 16 years and have coached myself for much of that time, recently to US Olympic Trials qualification in the marathon. I worked with the Mammoth Track Club (professional running team) as a sports scientist, where I provided training recommendations based on biomechanical testing. I also provided metabolic and biomechanics testing and insight to the Montana State University cross country/track and field team and other high-performing runners. Further, I served with high school and college running camps in which I taught applied biomechanical principles for runners and mentored students in areas beyond running.

I study biomechanics, specifically the biomechanics of running. I love applying insights from biomechanics/physiology to enhance the health and performance of athletes.

I received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia, where I competed in Cross Country/Track and Field. I then received an MS in Biomedical Engineering from UC Davis. I am currently a Mechanical Engineering PhD student at Montana State Univeristy.

When not training, I enjoy reading and watching sports, especially soccer and Formula 1. I also love exploring (often in nature, through running or hiking), traveling, and learning new things, like languages.

My coaching philosophy is shaped by many coaches with different styles and approaches. Some of the most notable ones include Joe Vigil, Renato Canova, Steve Magness, Andrew Kastor, and Ed Eyestone. My perspectives on mental training, passion, and perseverance are influenced by psychologists Micheal Gervais and Angela Duckworth. I also learned a lot from academics/sports scientists, for example the molecular physiology perspective of training and injury rehab strategies from Dr. Keith Baar at UC Davis.

In January 2026, I finished my first marathon race in 2:15. While the result is significant in that it qualifies me for the 2028 Olympic Trials, it is special to me because it demonstrates the outward effects of my inner journey in the last year (over many years, but especially in the last year). There is no way I would have been able to train close to the level I did and develop the fitness required to run what I ran had I not developed a healthier, more meaningful perspective on the role of running in my life: one that extends beyond running. This experience, including what I learned while preparing for a new event as a self-coached athlete, has helped shape my approach to running and coaching.

• USATF Level 1

• 2028 US Olympic Trials Marathon Qualifier
• NCAA XC individual qualifier (West Region), 2017
• Big West Conference Athlete of the Year (XC), 2017
• Big West XC Conference Champion, 2017
• All-ACC (5000m outdoor), 2017
• All-region XC (Southeast), 2015
• ACC Freshman of the Year (XC), 2013

• Marathon: 2:15:22 (01/11/2026) Houston Marathon
• 10mi: 48:15 (04/07/2026) Cherry Blossom 10mi
• 5000m: 13:53 (12/04/2020) The Track Meet
• 10k: 29:48 (09/07/2025) Bozeman 10k, Course and Montana Soil Record
• Half Marathon: 1:05:41 (10/02/2023) RnR San Jose Half Marathon