UK & EUROPE · TRAIL & ULTRA COACHING
Human coaching for trail and ultra runners in the UK and Europe
Two master coaches, one or two hours from your time zone, with 15 years of results from 50 km to 200 miles. For runners with big race goals and busy lives who want a person, not an app, behind their training.
Coaching from £95 / €110 a month. Book a free call
MUT Miler by UTMB, 2024: first man and first woman. Same race. Same day. Both Mindful Runner athletes.
Both in their forties, both with high-pressure careers. Our athletes have also won the UTCT, UTD and Mac Mac 200-milers, and raced UTMB in Chamonix and the Diagonale des Fous.
Ways to work with us
ASCENT
For ultra runners building towards their A-races.
- Your coach reviews your training twice a week
- A full season plan built around your A-races
- Race plans for two A-races a year, with a post-race debrief
- Daily readiness guidance in the app from your sleep, HRV and check-in
SUMMIT · LIMITED PLACES
For athletes racing for an outcome, or balancing a demanding career.
- Your plan adjusted every day from your HRV, sleep and resting heart rate
- Work stress, travel, hormonal health and recovery managed together
- Course strategy, metabolic profiling and race-day logistics
- By application, after a call with your coach
RACE CAMPAIGN
For one big race: 16 weeks of coached preparation.
- A plan built for your race’s course and climbing
- Pacing, fuelling and kit strategy for race day
- The race plan on your watch
- A post-race debrief, and the option to carry on
Races we prepare runners for: UTMB · CCC · OCC · Lavaredo · Transgrancanaria · Lakeland 100 · Ultra Trail Snowdonia · and more
Your coaches
FRED RICHARDSON · HEAD COACH
For athletes who value precise structure and the strategy behind long ultra campaigns, from first 100-milers to podium goals.
DEBBIE · HOLISTIC MENTOR
A science-backed approach built on structural health and resilience, with specialist understanding of hormonal cycles, perimenopause and menopause.
How it works
- Book a call. Tell us about your race, your training and your life. We’ll tell you honestly which option fits.
- Get your plan. Your coach builds it in Sigwren, our coaching app, on your phone and watch.
- Train with a coach. Your coach watches, adjusts and talks to you, at the rhythm your plan promises.
Prices in pounds and euros are a guide. We bill from South Africa in South African rand (Ascent R2,200 a month, Summit R4,500 a month, Race Campaign R10,500), and your bank converts at its rate on the day.