Happy Clients
“I started working with Chris because I felt like I was in a funk with my running. I didn’t have any direction with my training and didn’t enjoy running as much as I used to. All of that changed with Chris. He’s provided me with a structure to my training, and he’s worked with me to provide challenging-but-attainable goals. He pushes me when it’s appropriate, and he keeps the training sessions interesting and even, dare I say, fun! Last month, I ran my first half marathon in 7 years. Chris has helped me find my love of running again. Highly recommend! ”
I've been running and training with Coach Armen for close to 20 years. We've run marathons together, including the 2004 Boston Marathon, with temperatures in the 80s in April. And many shorter races. He's been known as "Coach" among our running group since he began his day job at Trinity College. During racing season he plans and leads our track workouts. He's been great at designing workouts that push me slowly and reasonably toward my racing goals. Most recently he coached me to an age group win at a fairly competitive 5K. His recommendations are always based on solid training and conditioning techniques and he's been especially good at pulling me back from some of my more irrationally exuberant training ideas.
— Ralph M.
“I worked with Chris for a few months as a beginner runner training for my first 10k. He provided detailed running plans for me to follow and helped me focus my runs to something more productive than just running how I felt each day. I significantly improved my PR for this race over our time together, but more important to me, I appreciated the accountability and planning that helped build discipline and made sure I wouldn’t let my runs get away from me. ”
I have been working with Coach Chris for almost a year now, with a goal of getting my race times down (not an easy task as I am in my late 50s). Coach Chris has offered constructive advice and solid workout plans. He pushes you, but he is also cognizant that pushing too hard can lead to injuries. So far in 2019 I have seen great results. I have run 4 races this year that I also ran in 2018, and in each race this year my time has been faster than last year! I attribute this performance to the great advice and plans I have received from Coach Chris.
— Tim C.
“I have been working with Coach A for most of my life. Most of the time, I think he’s got it dialed in; in fact, if something doesn’t go our way, it’s usually because I didn’t listen to him. When a workout goes well, it’s because we’re on the same page and the concept and the execution line up just right. When I have a good race, I know he’s pleased, but I also knows that he’s taking that feedback and looking back at the training and figuring out how to improve it.
For people other than me, you’ll have the advantage of not sharing the same brain. It does get a little crowded sometimes.
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