I’ve worked with Richard for the past 6 years. When we got together I was a decent enough club runner but with ambitions to be a little better, and with Richard’s help I’ve really been able to advance. The regular plans have given me structure to my running week, where I would inevitably have done many more unfocused runs [...]
Bryony came on a running weekend that I ran for the John Lewis running club in 2016. We have always sent out a questionnaire to athletes before the weekend to get an idea of their goals and running ability. Bryony’s came back with information of someone with reasonable running experience who had done high mileage […]
Jon is a good quality club athlete who came to me to discuss his mental approach to his running. The issues he presented with were ‘extreme nerves before races’, ‘negative thoughts about his clubmates being at races and in training that did not serve him well’ and a tendency to be very ‘self-critical about his […]
Emma came to me initially in 2006 as she had run a couple of marathons and ‘blown up’ and had finished well below her potential. I wrote her training programme and actually ran with her on the day. She was quicker than me but my job was to slow her down as her competitive nature […]
I would hugely recommend Richard to anyone looking to achieve a running goal. I had already heard great things about Richard from a friend who has achieved some amazing times thanks to Richard’s coaching and I was keen to see if it would also work for me. Richard put together a 12 week marathon programme […]
I have known Richard for more than ten years, both as a coach and as a friend. We first met when Richard started coaching a group of junior athletes, including myself, at Epsom and Ewell Harriers. When I moved away to university, we stayed in touch and a couple of years later Richard became my lead coach. [...]
