online
running
coaching
Get more from your training
We offer bespoke online coaching to help you make the most of your training and achieve your performance goals. We can provide structure to your training with a personalised plan that is updated each week as you progress towards your long-term aims. We’ll help you to ensure that you strike the right balance between training intensity and recovery, that your training is specific to your goal events, and that your fitness peaks coincide with your most important races. Your program is created with your individual work-life commitments in mind, so that your training plan creates an achievable path to success.
OUR COACHING SERVICE
1. We start with an initial consultation to discuss your training history, lifestyle, current running form and future goals.
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2. We create a long-term program which identifies your key aims from week to week based on your racing targets. This plan spans a number of months and builds toward your main events of the season. Within this structure, we then create a detailed day-to-day training plan which is updated weekly.
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3. We analyse your training data each week, and adjust your short-term and long-term plans based on your progress. At the end of each cycle we'll repeat the consultation process to start planning for the next season.
coaching for all
Our runners span a huge range of ages and experience levels. We coach everyone from total beginners to seasoned runners competing internationally. For competitive runners, our coaching can offer the extra structure, challenge and scientific approach needed to get you closer to your full potential. For beginners, we offer support and guidance with everything from how to fuel your training to advice on shoes and injury prevention.
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athlete testimonials
BEN ROTHERY
Team GB mountain runner
English fell running champion 2024
'I started with Sarah just over two years ago after a string of injuries and having reached somewhat of a plateau with my running. Over the last few years Sarah’s coaching has been the key difference in my running and racing and has transformed my training with structure, specificity and consistency. Sarah gives genuine one-to-one coaching and we have worked together to improve my speed and hill running - to such a degree that this year I was able to achieve my two main goals: running for Great Britain and becoming English Fell Running Champion. Her personable approach, flexibility and honest feedback has meant that we are able to work together to focus my training for target races, build towards future goals and create a training plan that I can sustain around a busy work and family life - often adjusting on the fly to any changes or niggles that crop up.  With Sarah’s experience as a runner and a coach she also gives advice and insight on races both locally and internationally, nutrition advice and gear advice. I would highly recommend that anyone looking to improve their running would greatly benefit from Sarah’s input, experience and expertise.'
PAUL BECKETT
Missing Link coached runner
'My only regret in working with Paul and the Missing Link community is that I didn’t reach out to them earlier in my endurance journey. After 20 years in high-performance sport as both an athlete and coach, my growth with Paul in the last 12 months has been exponential. Paul is the perfect antidote to all the social media BS in the running world. His coaching methodology, deep knowledge and passion for sport is second to none. Paul is  straight talking, authentic and driven by making his athletes better. Despite being coached from the other side of the world, Paul makes every effort to ensure that I am an active participant in my training program that is specifically tailored around my lifestyle, ability, and goals. Working with Paul has been hugely motivating and inspiring and simply the best investment  I could have possibly made.'
Tim Lamont
Team England mountain runner
Third place, English champs fell series 2024
'First Sarah convinced me that I could achieve more than I ever thought was possible, then she helped me do it. A fantastic science-based coaching structure; a flexible approach that considers the other demands of my life; and a supportive and fun atmosphere – that all came together for my first selection for the England mountain running team. She’s a fantastic coach!'​
DAVE SMITH
Missing Link coached athlete
' I was apprehensive about being coached as I didn’t feel I met the criteria. However, I was so wrong as Paul creates a positive, supportive and fun environment with both a scientific and holistic approach to training. This has allowed both my training and racing to flourish and exceed my expectations. Paul asked two things of me, to trust him and to  believe in the process. The results of which have been simply transformational! The coaching is also so much more than training, it’s an education that will last a lifetime. Paul cares deeply about the sport and his athletes and this shines through in his coaching and rehab work. I feel both proud and privileged to be coached by him. Paul and Sarah are not only inspirational and high-achieving  athletes themselves, they have created a coaching business that transfers this ethos to regular runners such as myself. I cannot recommend them enough.'