Wanting it and believing you can do it are two very different things.
You've watched Backyard Ultra runners rack up 50 miles, 100km or 100 miles or more, and thought, I'd love to be able to do that.
Then the doubt lands. The distance sits out past anything your body has done so far, and every plan you find online is a one size fits all approach. This format is anything but.
Maybe you've already had a go and come up short. Maybe the entry page is open and you still haven't pressed the button.
I can help.
I ran my first 5k in 2022. Since then I've progressed through the distances to 7 Backyard Ultra finishes, including four over 100km and two over 100 miles, and a Team Wales vest at the 4 Nations Trophy. Every step of that came from experience banked race by race, legs conditioned for the work, and a mindset built along the way.
That progression is the thing I coach. Building the strength, the strategy and the mental resilience so the distance becomes possible. We'll do the work, then on race day you run the lap in front of you, and the next one, and let the total look after itself.
Alongside all of it: what to eat and when, how to pace a lap so your legs don't blow up, how to set up camp so the few minutes between laps actually count, and what to do when your head starts making a case for stopping.
Everything I coach now has been tested on myself first, refined over years of racing this format. Nothing theoretical, nothing borrowed from marathon training and hoped for the best. Now I coach other runners through their own version of that journey.