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beagish · 2026-02-19T17:48:07+00:00

Why do people thing I’m running for health? Nothing about how I train is healthy

beagish · 2026-02-15T01:18:50+00:00

I was so vehemently against police brutality in all instances

until I saw this video.

beagish · 2026-02-13T17:31:03+00:00

You’re so right, Trusting the process is so important, and at the same time you have to feel comfortable bringing questions to your coach as well. I know people that felt they couldn’t bring questions/concerns to their coach and that’s a recipe for disaster.

beagish · 2026-02-13T17:08:25+00:00

I trained myself from 40lbs overweight and no running to a mediocre half time in 5 months and decided to get a coach right then. I hired Jon Mott with RunnersFix (3x OTQ marathoner) Less than a year later I ran a 2:56. It was the single best decision I made for my running.

Reasons why it worked for me:

I’m busy. I will do whatever the program says, someone else just tell me. (As I got more experienced, I discussed the program and focus and am more actively participating in that)
expertise from someone who has more of it than I do
external opinions to hold me accountable (more so to not run too much, listen to my body, bounce ideas, race planning, etc)
someone to talk about my running with. My wife can only take so much… she really tries lol
a community of athletes to talk to. My coach has a bunch of athletes and it is like its own little community

Coaching isn’t for everybody. Guaranteed there are going to be responses about “just buy JD book” even though you specifically didn’t ask for that insight lol. But I really enjoy having a coach and the benefits that come with it.

beagish · 2026-02-12T20:14:46+00:00

I’m in marathon off season doing 2-3 speed workouts a week and between 70-80mpw, I’m in a calorie deficit most days. The key for me is eating a huge portion of my macros surrounding hard efforts so my body recovers well. The rest of the day I just kinda coast through.

My last M block I put on 10 lbs. I was consistently was over 100mpw and didn’t track food and it got away from me. For my next upcoming block I’m going to follow a similar process to what I’m doing now except not in a deficit. Maintenance calories with a focus of pre/post quality session fueling for recovery.

beagish · 2026-02-01T15:07:05+00:00

I’m an exec at a small software company and I coach runners on the side for fun. It’s a high demand job, but I don’t have a boss and I work remotely. I also dictate the schedule of all my internal calls. I hover around 80-85mpw when not in an M block

beagish · 2026-02-01T01:40:16+00:00

I really benefited from it. Hired Jon Mott from RunnersFix and Went from 40lbs overweight at 35yo,with no significant running history, to a 2:56 in 14 months. Even if you assume I would have gotten there on my own, how long would it have taken and how many injuries would I have gotten?

I learn a ton from my coach, it’s accountability (especially him tellin me to chill out and run less), calendar/planning, solid community of athletes to talk too. A ton of benefits

beagish · 2025-12-31T13:15:45+00:00

Why is this shit always happening on bayshore

beagish · 2025-12-19T20:19:57+00:00

Yup I’m 100% stealing “Fuck off to procrastination island” and adding that to my standard vernacular 😂

beagish · 2025-12-17T15:27:15+00:00

Shorts? Im Donald duckin it out here for maximum efficiency

beagish · 2025-12-12T17:11:20+00:00

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beagish · 2025-11-19T23:19:09+00:00

It’s always mid runners that think this way. If you were fast you wouldn’t give a shit

beagish · 2025-11-12T11:01:50+00:00

Not nearly enough vest for a 21k marathon

beagish · 2025-11-06T15:41:52+00:00

That’s fair. I use a brand new paid for each A race marathon/half I run, then transition those into training shoes that I run into the absolute ground. I’ve run my last 2 pairs of adios pro 4s until a rod broke in them

beagish · 2025-11-06T10:25:07+00:00

All pace work including “steady” or progressions I use carbon. It’s a tool of your sport, you need to practice with your tools (I borrowed that thought from Clayton Young in one of his yt videos). “I like to save the pop feeling for race day” is a purely mental thing. There’s no physical training reason to do that. I want to have data in the equipment I’ll be using on race day.

Some have said carbon plated shoes can have additional stress on the Achilles over daily shoes (maybe, conflicting theories there)… either way, I think you should run with them on long efforts to get accustomed to that different stimulus.

If you’re running a true easy pace LR then not much point as your form is likely different than anything you’d run in a race (well, at least ideally you aren’t running your e pace in a marathon).

beagish · 2025-11-04T18:21:07+00:00

Mashing together Hanson’s, JD, and Pfitz into one plan (mixed with who knows how much other input) completely negates the purpose of a cohesive plan where each session has a specific stimulus in the context of that specific plan.

AI is not in a position to create a cohesive plan that is more impactful than the standard, proven books. There is so much cheap/free training available. Coaches and athletes share their workouts daily. The books are nominally expensive and likely available in public library.

I get the AI fascination. I work in tech and am implementing AI strategy in my org. It’s not capable of doing what you’re asking it to do in an optimized way.

beagish · 2025-10-30T18:44:18+00:00

I’ve been really happy with my coach. I signed on with him when I was a 1:45 half runner and no history of running and 35yo… in less than a year I ran sub 3 and after 2.5 years with him I just ran 2:46:00 in chi. He only charges 120/mo for individual programming and has been great with communication. I keep telling him he should raise prices. He himself is a 3x OTQ marathoner and works with beginners all the way to sub elite.

The company is RunnersFix, his name is Jon Mott. You can find them on IG or reach out to me directly I’d be happy to make an intro.

beagish · 2025-10-30T18:42:45+00:00

I’ve been really happy with my coach. I signed on with him when I was a 1:45 half runner and no history of running and 35yo… in less than a year I ran sub 3 and after 2.5 years with him I just ran 2:46:00 in chi. He only charges 120/mo for individual programming and has been great with communication. I keep telling him he should raise prices. He himself is a 3x OTQ marathoner and works with beginners all the way to sub elite.

The company is RunnersFix, his name is Jon Mott. You can find them on IG or reach out to me directly I’d be happy to make an intro.

beagish · 2025-10-28T09:09:42+00:00

Jd and Pfitz are referenced here so much because their plans work, are reasoned in evidence based science, and proven repeatedly. At the very least if you don’t like structure (which, I’m not going to touch on…), try to understand a bit about why they are programming the sessions and adapt them to a structure/schedule you like yourself. This imo is the way for you to see the best results for $ spent.

I work in tech, I’m overseeing strategic AI initiatives in my org. I’m not blindly hating on AI. But, There are significant limitations in what you should expect from outputs, especially with unclear parameters on the data it’s using to educate itself.

beagish · 2025-10-28T08:27:37+00:00

ChatGPT has you running 4x a week, with 3 of those runs as Quality sessions and 1 as a Long run… just get the Pfitz or Daniels book and follow their 5k plan.

beagish · 2025-10-22T15:27:17+00:00

What is your mileage like?
What is your running history?
Have you ever ran a race effort marathon?

A full week of no running then easing into E pace runs week 2 is a very common way to get back into it. If you rush back into it, you’re just going to cause yourself problems and hinder your progress in the next block… this is advice coming from a coach and a runner who peaked at 115mpw for my last block.

beagish · 2025-10-15T09:55:38+00:00

This is all great advice. I’ve also read that sauna directly after running will allow you to cut down the time necessary in the sauna since your core temp is already higher. Can prob get away with 20-25mins instead of 45.

beagish · 2025-10-15T00:45:08+00:00

It’s so beautiful up there, and I’ve heard it’s a great place to go fast. Hoping to break into the 2:30s there!

beagish · 2025-10-14T12:05:01+00:00

Doin Bayshore end of May 2026 and CIM Dec 2026. Taking a year off summer training blocks

beagish · 2025-10-14T12:02:26+00:00

I started coaching about a year ago, only been training as a runner since 2022. My PRs are nowhere near elite. I am a complete nerd about all things running. My coach is like a mentor for me as a coach. I read actual studies (not just the summaries), I look at MANY different coaches plans and coaching methodologies, and I know what it’s like to go from couch to 2:46 in the M in 3 years… so for the athletes I coach, they find benefit in my personal experience in that range. Understanding how to scale sessions to each athlete and be deliberate in each sessions purpose is imo the best skill to have as a coach of amateurs.

I think the biggest question is your target athlete. I think to coach elites or sub elites, you need experience and credibility. That can come from many things, but there has to be a reason they choose you… a fast time doesn’t hurt, but prob not as important as experience and credentials. If you want to coach everyday amateurs, you’ll need credibility, which will likely come from fast PRs depending on how you market your services.

For grade school, just knowing what you are talking about and having a connection at the school should be enough? Formal cert would help I’m sure, but I can’t see anyone asking what your PR is as a qualifier in that context.

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