Not sure about you, but we know our training always ramps up a bit if a whistle (aka coach) is keeping us accountable. We also know it is important to keep a sound mind and body in life and especially as you train for your future goals or next marathon. It is our goal to help you reach your goals!
We have partnered with select coaches and experts below to offer programs that will supplement your training. Do you need to run faster? Do you need a custom training program? Do you need your own personal whistle? We recommend our team of experts below!
susan alibrandi dwyer
marathon & triathlete coach
Susan thrives on the challenge of setting a goal, devising a plan, pushing limits and making it happen. A finisher of numerous marathons and IRONMANs, she believes the real success and excitement occurs along the journey, and not in just crossing the finish line.
Susan serves as a coach on a large Boston charity run team helping hundreds of both new and experienced runners train and prepare for the World Marathon Majors, and in her own personal training business coaches individual athletes to set and achieve their desired goals. She recognizes there is nothing more rewarding than witnessing the increased confidence and sense of accomplishment of those she coaches.
She is continually trying to further educate herself in health and fitness, and is constantly incorporating healthy changes for herself and her family in hopes her healthy behavior inspires healthy behavior. As a wife and mother of two daughters, Susan understands the stresses of balancing life, family and training.
Whether your fitness quest is running or triathlon, Susan can guide you towards your destination.
Relevant Certifications: IRONMAN Certified Coach, NASM Certified Personal Trainer, NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist, RRCA Certified Running Coach, U.S. Master’s Swimming, Level 1&2 Certified Coach
To learn more about the programs Susan offer’s you can connect with her directly via EMAIL.
PILAR ARTHUR-SNEAD
Transformation and Endurance Coach
Pilar Arthur-Snead started running in 2015. She says: “Running has changed my life completely. I was in this phase where I found myself saying ‘I can’t’ a lot. Truly, I was limited by fear. I didn’t really want ‘I can’t’ to be my mantra for the rest of my life, so at the age of 43, I decided to run a 5k. I haven’t looked back! I went from couch to coach in just three years!”
After her first 5k, and getting across that finish line, that feeling of accomplishment she was like nothing she had ever experienced. That was the hook! What Coach Pilar found through running was a space where all things seem possible.
In 2016, she ran her first half marathon, just one year after her first 5k. And, to date, she has run numerous events from 5k’s to half marathons, and (very soon) ultramarathons.
Then, in 2018, she became an RRCA Certified Coach (Level 1) with the idea to challenge and inspire every runner to achieve their wildest dreams and step into possibility.
She believes that fitness is for every BODY, no matter their age, size, shape, gender, current ability or physical limitation. The only thing a runner needs is a commitment to the training process and the motivation to be one’s best self. She seeks to empower and inspire highly motivated individuals, change seekers, to move their bodies and strengthen their minds. Whether you are looking to run your first 5k or step up your game to a marathon and beyond, Pilar will be your biggest cheerleader and fan helping you along the way!
Email Pilar: The Mindful Run Coaching & Training for more information on working with Coach Pilar
Relevant certifications: RRCA Certified Run Coach, Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Transformation Specialist
Fitness Related Activities:
“The Last Tenth Podcast” – Podcast Host
ACTIVE| RESOLUTE| CONNECTED – Mentor
Balega Socks – Ambassador
Tailwind Nutrition – Ambassador
SCOT Dedeo
Endurance coach
Scot is a mountain runner, ultra marathoner, marathoner, triathlete, race director, and coach that loves to tackle and help others tackle events of all distances. He has completed over 200 events in the past 17 years ranging from 1 mile to 100 miles, up to 150 mile bike rides, and even has run across the Grand Canyon and back. He embodies the no goal is too small attitude and is always up for an adventure. He has coached over 150 athletes from anything from a 5K to a Marathon to a Half Iron Distance Triathlon and multiple athletes to their first Boston Qualifying Marathons. For Scot’s complete bio click HERE.
STEVE HRANILOVICH
mastersruncoaching LLC Road Running Coach
Steve Hranilovich is a RRCA Level II coach in the Mid-Atlantic specializing in Masters athletes and World Marathon Majors runners. He has run all Majors except Tokyo and has repeatedly guided clients to their WMM and Half Marathon goals down to the minute. Client athletes range from beginner to first time WMM runner to post-collegiate to National Champion to World Class.
Steve’s background includes Masters road, track, and cross-country competition, 8x World Marathon Majors, and high-level cycling. He brings a practical bent to coaching time crunched athletes through experience balancing a 30+ year IT career, competing, coaching, and raising a family.
mastersruncoaching LLC services include custom programs tailored to your goals, strength, balance, and technique coaching, continual monitoring, collaborative feedback sessions, video analysis, text support, coaching calls, email support, race execution coaching, local or remote coaching, run-with-the-coach days, cross training coordination, mental aspects, book club, and Multi-Sport athlete cycling support. Located near Philadelphia, mastersruncoaching provides live coaching within parts of the PA/NJ/DE region, plus virtual coaching.
You can connect with Steve Hranilovich directly by EMAIL.
CHRIS LAIRD
ENDURANCE COACH, EXERCISE SCIENTIST
After Chris finished a Bachelor of Business he took some time off and travelled in order to discover his true passion. On return he completed a Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Sport Science) at the University of Sydney, Australia. Chris has been participating in endurance events for the past 20 years and coaching others for over 15.
Growing up in Australia Chris was a competitive swimmer and played basketball but his real love was rugby. With the build of an endurance athlete this was always going to be a problem and eventually lower limb injuries forced him to quit. During his rehabilitation a prominent physical therapist who treated all the professional teams in the city told Chris to take up a sport that doesn’t involve running as biomechanically he’d never be able to run injury free. Chris’s response was to get a new physical therapist and take up triathlons. However, it wasn’t that simple. This was the beginning of a three-year process of finding medical professionals with alternate views, learning as much as possible and over two years of daily work to change his running technique and strengthen many lower limb and intrinsic foot muscles.
Over the years Chris has held various coaching roles helping hundreds of athletes on the three continents he has lived. From beginners training for their first 5K or Sprint Triathlon, to ultras, Ironman, multi day stage racing, and athletes attempting to turn pro. Chris has worked with a vast array of individuals. He also has experience training clients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Diabetes, and Obesity.
Now based in Colorado, he prefers to limit the number of athletes he works with to around a dozen in order to ensure personalized training and coaching and a true connection with each of his athletes. Having raced all distances of Triathlon multiple times, completed single and multi-day bike events and run all distances up to and including 50 miles, Chris is currently passionate about his trail running and is looking towards a tough 100 miler in the Colorado mountains.
On top of his degree, Chris has completed courses in: Run technique; swim technique; triathlon coaching; gait analysis; metabolic efficiency; Exercise testing and prescription; Musculoskeletal assessment; sport psychology; strength and conditioning; personal training; acute injury assessment and treatment. Reach out to Chris directly HERE.