The coaches
Nia writes the plans, runs the form sessions and leads the trail runs. Huw runs the club nights and the back of every couch to 5k group.
Founder and head coach
Nia ran for Wales on the track as a junior, stopped at twenty-two, and started again at thirty on the Porthcawl seafront with a pram. Long Stride began in 2015 as a couch to 5k group of nine people at the lighthouse.
She writes the race plans, runs the gait and form sessions and leads the Sunday trail runs. Running coach award and first aid (fictional placeholders on this demonstration site).
Run club leader and couch to 5k coach
Huw ran twelve marathons in his thirties and forties, the best in 2:51, and now cares far more about getting other people to their first 5k. He has run at the back of every couch to 5k group since 2016.
He runs the Tuesday club, the Thursday track session and the couch to 5k groups. Leader in running fitness and first aid (fictional placeholders).
The paperwork
Nia holds a running coach award, Huw a leader in running fitness award. (Fictional placeholders on this demonstration site.)
Both first aid trained, renewed every three years; a kit and a foil blanket on every club and trail run.
£5 million public liability and professional indemnity, covering club runs, trail runs and one-to-one coaching.
We coach running. Pain and injury go to a physiotherapist, podiatrist or GP, and we rewrite your plan around what they say.
Turn up five minutes early and find a coach in a teal jacket. There are four pace groups and a back marker who finishes last on purpose, so whatever your pace, you will not be running on your own.