Running history
Your experience, previous race blocks, and what consistency has looked like for you.
The approach
A coaching plan that moves with you.
Max starts with your running story, then builds the structure, feedback, and confidence to carry you from today’s training to race day.
WhatsApp MaxYour goal sets the direction. Your real life sets the pace.
First, understand the full picture
Every plan begins with a better question.
Before prescribing sessions, Max looks at where you are now: your running history, current rhythm, available time, race goals, and the parts of training that have helped or held you back before.
Current rhythm
The weekly time, routes, recovery, and life commitments your plan needs to respect.
The next target
A clear goal, whether that is a first finish line, a personal best, or a stronger return to running.
Then, build the block
Purposeful weeks, not borrowed schedules.
Your training is shaped around the work that matters most for your goal — with enough structure to create momentum and enough flexibility to keep it sustainable.
WEEKLY BUILD
Easy running
Aerobic volume that builds your base without turning every mile into a test.
WEEKLY BUILD
Quality sessions
Targeted pace, hills, or threshold work placed where it will make a useful difference.
WEEKLY BUILD
Long-run confidence
A gradual build that prepares your body and mind for your next distance.
WEEKLY BUILD
Recovery space
Deliberate room to absorb training, adapt, and return ready for the next key session.
Plans respond to real life
Feedback changes the plan. That is the point.
A plan is a guide, not a rigid contract. Max uses your session notes, effort, recovery, and changing schedule to decide what stays, what shifts, and what can wait.
You feel stronger than expected
Use the signal carefully: build confidence without forcing an unnecessary jump.
Work or family life gets busy
Protect the essential work, reduce the noise, and keep the week useful.
Recovery is not landing
Adjust effort before fatigue becomes a setback and keep long-term progress intact.
Make race day familiar
Arrive ready to make good decisions.
The final phase turns preparation into calm. You will know the purpose of the taper, your pacing approach, and the simple decisions that help you stay composed from the first mile to the last.
- A realistic pacing plan
- A taper that keeps you fresh
- A clear race-day checklist
Your next step
Start with your running story.
Tell Max what you are training for, how running fits into your week, and what you want to feel different by race day.
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Message Max Walker on WhatsApp at +44 7552 599586 to discuss your consultation.