LA’s #1 RUNNING COACH

If you are a runner in Los Angeles looking for THE running coach who will unlock your full potential then look no further.

Coach Gareth is a world-class Los Angeles based running coach with over 30 years of professional run coaching experience.

He coaches runners of all abilities from all around the world to half marathon, marathon and ultra success:

  • Custom training programs

  • Lactate, Sweat & Fat-Max/VO2 testing

  • Video Gait & Biomechanics

  • Strength, Mobility & Core

  • Food, Fuel & Supplementation

  • Mental training

  • Accountability & Tracking

  • Race day planning

THE PROCESS

  1. CONSULT // chat with Gareth about your needs, available time & goals

  2. GET TESTED // visit Gareth for Lactate &/or VO2 testing to set up your zones and custom program. (If you are not in LA then Gareth will coach you using whatever tools you have available to you)

  3. START TRAINING // Gareth will set-up your custom program and depending on the retainer level you choose, he will update, guide and monitor you through the training process

“Coach Gareth and I have been working together for more than 2 years. Thanks to his detailed analysis and personalized coaching plans, I was able to shave off over 40 minutes from my marathon time. I would recommend him for any serious runner wanting to see what their maximum potential is.”

— Ali Arsan : 2.50 marathon runner

COACHING OPTIONS

OTHER OPTIONS

There are other ways to work with Gareth to suit every budget and every runner’s need:

  • Downloadable Marathon Plans //starting at just $29 : visit the store page

  • Custom 12 week training programs //from $295 : visit the store page

(Note, both of the above options do NOT include ongoing consulting or interaction with Gareth)

  • One2one Personal Training Session //$175 per session ($1500 pre-paid 10-pack)

  • Lactate, Sweat & Video Form Session //$350 including zones, workout and fueling prescription

“With Gareth I am able to quantify my running improvements not just from race to race, but also throughout my training cycle. In just two years I’ve improved my marathon time by 25 minutes and qualified for the Boston marathon. Gareth gives me the tools to know how to manage my race performance over any distance and led me to successfully completing races from 26.2 to 100 miles”

— Lucia McIntosh : Boston Qualifier & Ultra Marathon runner

Why Coach Gareth?

THE RESULTS COACH

  • Advisor & elite coach to World & National Champions

  • Coach to Olympic development programs, Pro-Tour and US collegiate teams

  • 30 years of full-time, professional coaching experience

  • 40+ years as a competitive endurance athlete

  • Hundreds of KONA Ironman & BOSTON Marathon qualifiers

  • Proven results with thousands of age-group athletes

Putting YOU first

A Message from Gareth

SCIENCE & DATA

Over the past 30 years, I have had literally thousands of athletes go through my lab creating a wealth of data and knowledge that is at the heart of YOUR coaching experience. It puts me in a unique position to help YOU like no one else. I sit at the center of ground-breaking technologies and thought leading approaches all routed in sound sports and health science with proven results.

I WILL CARRY YOU ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

Working with me gives you access to my entire network of knowledge. I have been lucky in that during my coaching career I have had access to (and learned from) arguably the world’s best-ever coaches, athletes, support staff, nutritionists, psychologists, doctors and specialists. A network that has won hundreds of Olympic gold medals, world championships, set world records, saved careers, discovered new therapies, developed new techniques and reshaped endurance and health for the masses. Everything I bring to the table is the summary of all the greats that came before you and is now available to YOU.

I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH

My life has been a life of sport. Soccer as a child, Cricket as a teen, Triathlon as an adult. A runner for over 40 years and a competitive cyclist since I was 22. IRONMAN, the marathon and everything in between. My father owed a gym when I was 7! I have lived and continue to live a life focused in sport and health every single day. Whatever you are going to feel and experience along your journey, I have likely personally felt and experienced myself at some point! I can slash your learning curve and save you from making the same mistakes that I learned the hard way!

YOU GET ME

Being coached by me is a one to one experience. There are no middlemen, no assistant or technicians to dilute the quality of your coaching experience. You can text, call or email me directly at any time. Need to meet? Come on over.

“Coach Gareth is amazing! He has helped me achieve a personal marathon bests in London 2023 and Berlin again later in 2024 and I’m running better now than I have in decades. If you’re willing to pay for the more expensive running shoes (which if you’re reading this you already are), don’t compromise spending on Gareth as your coach.”

— Jeff Runyan : sub 3 hr marathon runner

 FAQs

 

  • All workouts are uploaded into TrainingPeaks software. These workouts can be downloaded into your smartwatch for in-workout guidance. Post workout data will automatically upload back to TrainingPeaks for review as per your coaching tier. Health & sleep data from your wearables will also upload to TrainingPeaks each day. Athletes can leave additional comments about energy, stress levels, travel, etc in the TrainingPeaks comments section. Interaction with Gareth is as per your coaching tier by voice & video calls, text, email, meets and workout sessions. All athletes are expected to train with a heartrate monitor and maintain a daily training journal. Most athletes train alone or with a small and controllable set of training partners who help maintain the accuracy and integrity of the custom training plan.

  • Not at all. Many of Gareth’s athletes live all around the world and travel frequently. Most travel to see Gareth for initial testing but when this is not possible, arrangements are made with other providers in your local area to compile all the necessary data.

  • The list of “possible” equipment is almost endless (!!) but the essentials are apparel and basic needs for running including a heart-rate monitor with chest strap. An OURA ring or WHOOP to track sleep. Ideally an H-DROP sweat sensor. Access to machine and free-weight based strength training, track and treadmill. Recovery needs are also key with regular access to massage and health practitioners such as chiropractic. A budget for fuel and supplements.

  • Yes. Gareth’s interest is to work with driven individuals who are keen to hit their true potential and will invest in pursuit of the greatness within them.

  • Yes! The running lifestyle offers a superb way to stay fit and in prime condition. It’s something that Gareth personally lives every single day.

  • YES. The truth is that you will struggle to do the longer races with such limited time but Gareth will help you maximize the time that you DO have available by making sure that the program is perfectly custom to your life.

“As someone whose running pace was only slightly faster than some people’s brisk walk, I had a bit of hesitation about reaching out to Gareth given the caliber of athletes he works with BUT I had so much fun working with him! We did a gait analysis, along with the lactate threshold and sweat testing. I learned SO much. Gareth broke it all down in a way that was very easy to understand and left me with the feeling of “Oh! So THIS is what it should feel like”

— Susan Sullivan : weekend warrior runner