Fi – UKA Licensed Coach in Endurance Running Fitness and Endurance Event Group. UKSCA Cert Strength and Conditioning.
Fi is an endurance runner who typically completes 5-6 ultra’s / marathons a year amongst general club eventing. Her love is running on The Cotswold Way and other hilly trails although she is happy to pound a concrete marathon and consistently qualifies good for age marathons. Within her coaching she is able to provide psychological strategy and support in small groups or one to one – see our “Marathon support workshops” info.
Fi also hosts strength & conditioning classes, including her own concept and incredibly popular “Up Yours Menopause” classes, aimed at peri & menopausal athletes. For more information on Fi’s classes, click here.
BSc (Hons) Psychology (MBPsS), Certs; Counseling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Motivational Interviewing.
Matt – UKA Licensed Leader and Coach in Endurance Running Fitness
Matt caught the running bug later, previously choosing other active sports such as water skiing (instructor), mountaineering (lead trad. climber), and martial arts (3rd tag brown belt) amongst other sports.
He is our Guided run lead who’s responsible for organizing and hosting courses. His love is running in the trail when conditions are tough and gnarly, but he’s also happy road running – witnessed by sub 3 hour marathon times.
Matt also hosts Circuit Training classes, along with the popular “Run Long Run Strong” class that includes a techincal running / running intervals section.
Classes can also be custom designed for groups, such as football team pre-season training – for more information on this, contact Matt HERE.
For more info on Matt’s classes, click here.
Snowdonia marathon, 2019
Mark – UKA Licensed Leader in Running Fitness
Mark is a Cotswold Way Centurion having ran the Cotswold Way Century (102m) twice. His love of distance is evident in his membership in the 100 marathon club, and his participation in seriously long distances both in the UK and further afield. He has ran many ultra’s such as the infamous Grand Union Canal 2021 & 2022 (145m) The Forces March (140 miles) Comrades back to back (90k) Cotswold Way Century (102m) amongst others. He’s also added the highly coveted “3 C’s” UTMB event in August ’22 (100K, 18K Ft ascent), finishing just shy of 24 hours.
Alongside general guiding, Mark is bookable for day or night runs for those looking for specific expertise along the Cotswold Way routes, and for accompanied extra-long distances.
He requires plenty of notice for bookings because he takes ages to find once he’s out in the hills! You can also be sure to expect stops to watch & admire wildlife en-route, and drink in the views.
Kim – Leader, Sweeper & Company runner
Kim’s an accomplished runner both on road and trail having qualified good for age London Marathon, and having ran the The Cotswold Way over a couple of days.
She’s very capable of route finding & setting courses, having set many, many ‘Hashes’ over the last decade.
She’s an all round talented runner from parkrun to ultra marathon distances, who loves a chatty run and greatly enjoys meeting new runners and hearing their stories.
Dartmoor Discovery Ultra, 2021
Craig – UKA Licensed Leader in Running Fitness
Craig (AKA Bullers) is an experienced runner both on and off road, although his biggest love is running a good tough trail – preferably lit by his head torch. His latest conquest was “Race to the Tower” as a continuous 52.4 Mile run along the Cotswold Way.
He’s an accomplished Leader who’s more than happy to chat for hours about all things running – either out on the run or back at the Gym over a coffee.
Craig can also be found instructing at our popular “Run Long Run Strong” circuit training for runners classes – details on our classes page.
