Mental strategies, race-day secrets, fueling tricks, and 20 years of hard-won knowledge from someone who's been to the start line more times than she can count — and made every mistake first.
You can find a 16-week marathon plan in about 30 seconds. What you can't find is someone who'll tell you what it actually feels like at mile 20 when your glycogen is gone and your brain starts negotiating with you. Or how to manage the taper meltdown. Or what to do when conditions on race day are nothing like you trained for.
Mentorship fills the gap between the plan and the race. It's the mental frameworks, the tactical adjustments, the fueling nuances, and the psychological strategies that training logs don't capture — but experienced racers know cold.
I've raced marathons across conditions, paces, and life circumstances. I've trained through work stress, injury, bad weather, and chaos. This is the knowledge I wish someone had handed me at the start.
These aren't the things in your training plan. These are the things that determine whether you finish strong or fall apart — and they're entirely learnable.
The marathon is 60% physical, 40% mental — and that ratio gets worse the harder it gets.
What the plan says and what actually works aren't always the same thing.
Nothing ruins a race like a blister you could've prevented, shoes you wore for the first time, or a corral you lined up for wrong.
The two things most first-timers (and experienced runners) get catastrophically wrong.
Mentorship adapts to where you are in your training cycle. Sessions can be one-time strategy calls or ongoing support through your full build.
60 minutes focused on one specific challenge — mental prep, race-week logistics, fueling strategy, or post-race debrief. Perfect if you just need a targeted conversation.
4–6 sessions timed to your training cycle — early build, peak weeks, taper, and race-week final prep. The full arc of mentorship support from trained-to-start to crossing the finish.
Monthly check-ins for serial racers who want a consistent thought partner across multiple race seasons. Great for those who race 2–4 times a year.
Tell me about your goal race and where you are in training. We'll figure out what kind of support makes the most sense.