World-class coaching for endurance athletes of all abilities

Every workout is uploaded to TrainingPeaks and can be pushed straight to your watch for in-workout guidance. Your data uploads back automatically after each session, along with sleep and health data from your wearable, and Gareth reviews it at the frequency your tier sets. You can leave notes on energy, stress or travel as you go. Contact happens by call, video, text and email, again depending on tier. Every athlete trains with a heart-rate monitor and keeps a daily training journal.

No. Gareth coaches athletes all over the world, many of whom travel constantly. Most come to the lab in Santa Monica for their initial testing, and where that is not possible he arranges testing with a provider local to you so the programme still starts from real data.

The essentials are the basic kit for your sport plus a heart-rate monitor with a chest strap. Ideally you would also have a sleep tracker such as an OURA ring or WHOOP, a power meter if you ride, an indoor trainer, and access to a gym, a track or treadmill, and regular massage or chiropractic care. A budget for fuel and supplements matters too.

Yes. Gareth works with driven people who want to reach their true potential, whatever level that starts from. Wanting to be excellent matters more than what you can currently do.

Yes. Training seriously without racing is a superb way to stay fit and in prime condition, and it is how Gareth lives himself. Plenty of the athletes he coaches never pin on a number.

Yes. You will struggle with the longest races on that budget, and Gareth will tell you so honestly. But an hour a day, programmed properly around your actual life, goes a very long way — and building the plan around the time you genuinely have is the whole point.