GET AN ONLINE RUNNING COACH WHO ACTUALLY COACHES YOU.
Work 1:1 with a professional Kenya-based running coach, online. You get a custom weekly plan for your distance, effort-based training that keeps you healthy, and a coach who adjusts every week based on how it actually went. From $79/month.
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WHAT YOU ACTUALLY GET
Online coaching is not a smarter app. It is a professional runner taking responsibility for your training, week after week.
A real coach, not an algorithm
A running app hands you the same template it gives everyone else. Online coaching means a professional runner writes your week, reads how it actually went, and changes the next one. You are coached by a person, not sorted by a feed.
Built around your life and your distance
Your plan fits your schedule, your current mileage, and your goal, whether that is your first 5K, a half marathon PR, or a full marathon. Nothing in the plan assumes you can train like a professional. It assumes you have a job, a body, and limited time.
A weekly feedback loop
Every Monday you get the week ahead. At the end of it you send your notes, and your coach adjusts. That loop is the whole point. It is what separates coaching from a static PDF you bought once and never opened again.
WHO ONLINE COACHING IS FOR
Coaching earns its cost when you have a goal that matters or a pattern you cannot fix on your own.
You are building a consistent base
You run, but it is haphazard. Some weeks are heroic, most are not, and you keep getting hurt or losing momentum. A coach gives you a structure you can actually repeat.
You are chasing a real time goal
A specific 5K, half, or marathon target. You do not need more effort, you need better judgment about pacing, recovery, and which sessions matter.
You have outgrown apps and generic plans
You have tried the canned 16-week plans and the auto-generated workouts. They stopped helping the moment your life stopped matching the template. Coaching is the next step.
WHY A KENYAN COACH
Kenya's Rift Valley has produced more distance champions than anywhere on earth. You do not need elite genetics to train like an elite. You need the discipline most runners skip, and a coach who enforces it.
Easy days are where progress is won
Amateur runners burn their easy runs too hard and arrive at workouts already tired. Kenyan training is built on genuinely easy aerobic running, and your coach holds you to it so the hard sessions actually count.
Structure beats heroics
A strong week is not one punishing workout. It is the right balance of volume, intensity, and recovery, repeated. Your coach builds that structure around your real life instead of handing you a generic template.
Train by effort, not just pace
Watches mislead you on tired legs and hilly routes. Rift Valley coaching is effort-first, which keeps you improving and out of the stop-start injury cycle that stalls so many runners.
HOW ONLINE COACHING WORKS
High-altitude training expertise, delivered through the tools you already use every day.
1. Share your history and goals
Tell us your current weekly mileage, your race or fitness goal, and how your week realistically looks. This takes a few minutes through signup or the free quiz.
2. Match with your Kenyan coach
We pair you with a professional Rift Valley coach who fits your distance and goals. They review your background and build your first training block.
3. Train with weekly adjustments
Your plan arrives every Monday by WhatsApp or email. You send feedback through the week, and your coach adapts the next one based on how you actually felt.
4. Build over a full season
Week by week the plan compounds. Instead of restarting a generic block every few months, you keep a coach who knows your history and adjusts as you get fitter.
MEET YOUR COACHES
Your coach is an active professional runner living and training in Kenya. The racing credentials are not the pitch. What you get is their judgment: how to pace, when to push, and when to hold back.
Martin Karoki Muriuki
Middle-distance & Marathon
10K PB: 29:43
A professional Kenyan runner coaching you 1:1 online. Martin builds the structured training block behind your goal pace.
Michael Kimani Kamau
Marathon
2:08:19 Marathon PB
An elite Kenyan marathoner coaching you 1:1 online. Michael builds the race execution strategy behind your splits.
Peter Kimani Ndichu
Middle-distance & Road Running
5000m PB: 14:09
A Nyahururu-based runner coaching you 1:1 online. Peter builds aerobic depth and race-specific speed across middle-distance and road events.
IS AN ONLINE COACH RIGHT FOR YOU?
We would rather you make the right call than the expensive one. These pages lay out the trade-offs honestly.
Online coach vs running app
Where an app stops helping and a human coach starts. A straight comparison if you are weighing the two.
Is a running coach worth it?
The honest case for and against paying for coaching, so you can decide if it solves a real problem for you.
A coach or just a plan?
Sometimes a static plan is enough. This page helps you tell the difference before you spend anything.
CHOOSE YOUR COACHING PLAN
Every plan includes a personalized weekly training block. Foundation is enough if you mainly need structure. Performance is usually the better fit when you want faster feedback and more direct access.
Foundation
Weekly coaching built around your goal
- ✓Custom weekly training plan, every Monday
- ✓Effort-based structure, not rigid GPS paces
- ✓Plan built around your schedule
- ✓End-of-week review and adjustment
- ✓Email or WhatsApp support
Performance
More access, faster feedback
- ✓Everything in Foundation
- ✓Direct WhatsApp line with same-day replies
- ✓Mid-week check-in from your coach
- ✓Plan adjusted in real time when life intervenes
Elite
Full-season coaching with your coach on call
- ✓Everything in Performance
- ✓Weekly voice or video call
- ✓Season-long periodized plan
- ✓Same-day response, any time
EXPLORE BEFORE YOU DECIDE
No pressure to sign up today. Read more, meet the coaches, or test your readiness first.
Meet the coaches
Full profiles, credentials, and the languages each Kenya-based coach speaks.
Marathon coaching
Training for 26.2 specifically? See the marathon-focused build, from base to taper.
Pricing and plans
Compare the three coaching tiers and what each level of access includes.
Free readiness score
A low-friction signal first. See where your training stands before committing to a coach.
ONLINE RUNNING COACH — FAQ
Common questions from runners deciding whether to work with a coach online.
What is an online running coach?
An online running coach is a real coach who builds and adjusts your training remotely instead of meeting you in person. You share your goals and history, your coach writes a weekly plan tailored to you, and the two of you stay in contact by WhatsApp or email. At KenyanRunning, your coach is an active professional runner based in Kenya's Rift Valley.
How is this different from a running app or a generic plan?
An app or a downloaded plan gives you a fixed template. It cannot see that you slept badly, tweaked an ankle, or had a great week and are ready for more. A coach can. The value of online coaching is the ongoing loop: a human reads your feedback each week and changes the plan, which a generic plan never does.
What distances do you coach?
Everything from your first 5K through the marathon. Our coaches train and race across distances, and the plan is built around your specific goal. If your target is the marathon in particular, the marathon coaching page covers that build in more detail.
How do I communicate with my coach?
Directly, by WhatsApp or email, whichever you prefer. You send run notes and questions, and your coach reviews them and adapts your plan. How often you hear back depends on the tier you choose, from a weekly review on Foundation to same-day replies and calls on higher tiers.
Is online coaching worth it?
It is worth it when a static plan has stopped working for you, or when you keep getting hurt, stalling, or guessing at pacing. If you are brand new and just need to build a habit, a free plan may be enough to start. We would rather tell you that honestly than sell you coaching you do not need yet.
What does it cost, and can I cancel?
Plans start at $79 per month and go up to $169 for full-season coaching with calls. There are no contracts. You can cancel anytime from your billing portal, and we back it with a 14-day money-back guarantee.
START TRAINING WITH A REAL COACH
Stop guessing at your training. Get a professional Kenyan coach who builds your week, reads how it went, and adjusts. Plans from $79/month, risk-free.
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