In it for the long run.
Marathon and distance coaching from Ryan Carney. Hudson Valley, and anywhere else you run.
Marathon best, Indianapolis 2025
Manhattan College
Certified coach
Pine Plains cross country
Most runners don't need harder workouts.
They need consistency and a coach focused on building a relationship geared towards long term development.
Four things that shape every plan
Mileage comes first
Before we sharpen anything, we build the engine that makes sharpening worth doing. Volume rises in increments small enough that you barely notice, which is exactly why it works.
The long run anchors the week
Every other day is arranged around it. It is where endurance is actually made and where most of the fitness you are looking for is hiding.
Easy days easy, hard days hard
The most common mistake in adult running is a Tuesday that quietly turns into a race. Holding the easy days down is what makes the hard days worth doing.
Plans get rewritten
Work travels, kids get sick, calves get tight. A plan that cannot absorb a disrupted week is not a plan. We adjust and the season keeps moving.
What a week actually looks like
Not a sample. An ordinary mid block week for a runner chasing a first sub three hour marathon.
Easy, conversational
Easy plus strides
Workout: 6 at marathon pace
Shakeout or rest
Steady over hills
Easy, legs loose
Long, last 5 honest
miles
One workout, a set of strides, some hills, and no secret session. The long run and the weekly total still do almost all of the work, and everything else exists to protect them.
Who this is for
Coaching is one to one, so the fit matters more than the résumé.
First marathon, and you want to reach the line healthy
Running consistently but plateaued for a couple of seasons
Training alone and tired of guessing whether the week was right
Chasing a Boston qualifier that keeps slipping by a few minutes
Coming back from injury and unsure how fast to rebuild
Moving up to the half or the full for the first time
What athletes say
After being running friends for a couple years I decided to pull the trigger and hire Ryan. The biggest benefit of going from self coached to coached is not having to spend my own mental energy mapping out training. Handing that over to someone as knowledgeable and experienced as Ryan has been a massive relief, and I can put that energy into hitting the workouts instead of planning them. Coming back from a big injury I also needed accountability to make sure I was not building too fast, and to make me take my down weeks and rest days. Looking forward to smashing PRs with coach Ryan in my corner.
Lukas S., Easton, MA
I am the strongest version of myself today because of Ryan’s coaching style. As a working mom of two young kids, it is really hard to balance everything. Ryan is patient, knowledgeable, and understanding of what it means to fit personal goals around everything else going on in life. I never thought I would be where I am today, but his encouraging style of coaching coupled with his unrelenting passion for the sport has me wanting to dig deeper than I ever have before.
Maureen C., Red Hook, NY
It’s crazy how much has changed in a year and how much fun running has become for me. I never thought I could fall in love with this sport the way that I have. Ryan’s guidance, expertise, and overall encouragement has gotten me through each run, each week, each training block. I’ve improved so much with consistent training and I’m excited for where things go from here!
Jackie T., Poughkeepsie, NY
I started running four years ago with a very well known online coach and progressed well under his guidance. But the nuances of high level training as a masters runner started to require more accessibility and more willingness to adjust. That is where Ryan differentiates himself. The knowledge and experience are a given. What sets him apart is that he is available to his athletes, he gives and hears feedback, and he changes course when the training calls for it. Since turning 40 I have set personal bests at every distance from the mile to the marathon.
Matthew G., Hudson, NY
No contracts. Cancel any time.
Billed monthly with no onboarding fee. Stop when the season ends or when life gets in the way.
One to one coaching
per month
- Built for you, and rewritten every single week
- Delivered through VDOT and synced to your watch
- Paces set from your fitness, not a generic chart
- Direct access to Ryan by text and email
- A call every month, more often around a goal race
- Race strategy and pacing built with you
Now Cohosting The Evening Double
Ryan has joined Erik and Keeton as the third host of The Evening Double, a running podcast about marathon builds, race previews, gear, and conversations with athletes and coaches from across the sport.
Tell me what you are training for.
Send your goal race, roughly what your weeks look like now, and what has been getting in the way. Ryan reads every note and answers within a day or two.