The Coach Who Engineers Solutions
I'm not fast. My high school coach pulled me aside one day to tell me not to bother trying out for a college team - to just quit running.
His words hurt because they seemed true - I was mid-pack of the team. But I decided not to listen. I decided to find my own way.
Today, I'm an innovator in the sport who refuses to accept that your limits are the truth.
When There Was No Map
When I ran my first 100-mile race, I fell in love with the distance and for a few years, it was wonderful. I'd found my "home."
Then suddenly, I started quitting every other 100—tough ones like Leadville and "easier" ones like Umstead. The pattern was devastating and confusing. Why?
I only had one clue: my body wasn't the problem. My mind was.
I had to fix it. I wasn't giving up this thing I'd fallen in love with, so I began a decades-long quest to understand the mental game of ultrarunning. But there wasn't anything out there on the mental side of the sport. "Mindset" wasn't even a word yet.
So I found my own way again. I applied life coaching, psychology, and causal analysis from my engineering day job to ultrarunning—breaking down what was actually happening to capable runners like me who had done the training, had the fitness, but underperformed or gave up when we didn't need to.
This pioneering approach led me to develop completely new ways to understand and solve mental performance blocks. What I discovered changed everything—not just for my own racing, but for how we can approach the mental side of ultrarunning entirely.
What I Bring to Your Running
Breakthrough Methodologies
Over nearly three decades of ultrarunning combined with life coaching and engineering problem-solving, I've developed original frameworks you won't find anywhere else.
Original Solutions
Instead of repeating the usual advice, I create breakthrough solutions by connecting what works from psychology, causal analysis, life coaching, and race experience in ways entirely new to ultrarunning.
Systematic Innovation & Testing
My years as an engineer specializing in causal analysis and as a certified life coach means I identify patterns and develop solutions that address root causes. I'm still racing, still testing my own theories under race conditions, still learning from clients. Every race becomes an opportunity to refine my methods—my approaches aren't academic theories, they're battle-tested innovations.
Why My Approach Is Different
You've probably heard the generic wisdom and mental toughness advice about what you're supposed to do and be - and wondered "but how?"
That's where I come in.
My clients don't just get better results; they develop into the ultrarunners they're meant to become. And they have a "mindset pacer" walking beside them while they grow.
Who I Work With
I coach ultrarunners who set ambitious goals and want to transform through the challenge, not just survive it. You're serious about your ultrarunning, even if you'd never describe yourself that way, and you know you have more in you than you're currently tapping into.
You won't settle for less—whether in your training, your running, or your racing, you want more because deep down, you KNOW you have untapped capability and capacity. It doesn't matter if you're new to the sport or a veteran, whatever speed, whatever distance, whether you race regularly or prefer solo adventures.
Maybe you're struggling with consistency, mental barriers during long runs, or doubt when pushing your limits. Perhaps you want to run ultras sustainably for decades but aren't sure how.
Speed isn't the point—accessing the capability you know you have, running to your true potential, and doing this sport we love for as long as possible is.
My Promise
I create personalized coaching specific to you, your thinking, your situation, and where it's holding you back—solutions you literally cannot find anywhere else.
My clients don't just achieve goals; they go from fighting their own minds during training and races to having their mental game become their greatest strength.
Through our work, my clients build the self-trust and inner strength to meet any goal they set:
- They don't just believe in the goal—they believe in themselves
- They know how to stay steady in uncertainty
- They trust their decisions
- They feel alive inside the challenge, not overwhelmed by it
- They know how to finish what they started—and how to grow through it
Ready to Transform Your Ultrarunning?
Let's unlock the capability you know you have
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