Dana- certified running and ultrarunning coach

About Coach Dana

Do you have ultrarunning and trailrunning dreams? Are you trying to run your road race faster? Whether you’re preparing for your fastest marathon, a stage race or your first 100 miler, Dana will provide you an engaging, challenging, and inspiring program to help you reach your potential.

As a certified running coach and ultrarunner with ultramarathon experience from 50ks to 100 milers and stage racing, she’s been influenced by the methods of the Hansons, Orton, Maffetone, Friel, and some crazy awesome science types.

Dana believes in experimental baking, geeking out on data, the Radio Lab podcast, core work, and races that last a real long time. Her motto? There is no bad weather, only poor clothing choices.

Dana has experienced the high of insanely awesome PR days, the low of ultramarathon disappointments and the extreme low of foot injuries lasting way too long. Dana knows runners, because she is a runner, just like you.

Based in Bend, OR, serving runners everywhere.

More about coaching

Coaching certfications:

Level II Lydiard Certified Running Coach | Lydiard Foundation
Certified Running Coach | RRCA (Road Runners Club of America)
UESCA Certified Ultrarunning Coach
Personal Trainer | NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine)
Certified TRX Instructor | TRX

Menopause for Athletes- course completed

Media:

PODCASTS

Hit Play Not Pause, Episode 106- Women Who FKT FKT and training post- menopause.
"Calling Women in to Claim Space on the Trails" I Could Never Do That Podcast
"Women Who FKT" Trail Running Women Podcast
"Ultrarunning, Strength Training and Fear Gear." Strong Runner Chicks Podcast

WRITINGS

"Embracing the Ridiculous Uncomfortable" Northwest Dirt Churners
Featured in the article, "5 Tips for Leveling Up Your Trail Running" Outside Magazine article.

Adventure, race and challenge resume

Ultrarunning
Vermont 100 Mile Endurance Run
Rocky Raccoon 100 Mile Endurance Run, sub-24 hour finisher
Laugavegur 55K, Iceland
Bighorn 100 Mile Trail Run
Zion 100 Mile Trail Run
American River 50 Mile Trail Run
Joshua Tree Traverse
Zion Traverse
Primorska Planinarska Transverzala (Montenegro) FKT Attempt

Stage Racing
TransAtlas Marathon, 6 day stage race in Morocco
Gore-Tex 6 Day TransRockies Trail Run

"Professional" injury rehabilitation
I spent nearly all of 2016 doing ridiculous amounts of foot rehab, so if you are rehabbing or coming back from an injury, I feel you

Endurance Cycling
400 mile cycle across Jordan on the Jordan Trail
Bikepacking the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

Endurance Swimming
Portland Bridge Swim - 11 miles

Triathlon
Oceanside 70.3
Victoria 70.3
70.3 Cartagena, Colombia

Cross country skiing:
Border to Border ski across Finland, 250 miles
Crater Lake XC Ski One day Circumnavigation