I am head of coaching and development here at Vale of York. I have overall responsibility for coach and athlete development and the junior and senior training programmes.

I am an England Athletics Coach and Event Group Endurance Performance Specialist. I also work for UK Athletics as a Safeguarding Educator.

Outside of athletics, I have a broad exercise and fitness training background. I am a L4 Exercise Referral Specialist (Obesity and Diabetes), L4 Advanced Sports and Exercise Nutritional Adviser, L3 Personal Trainer, Fitness Instructor (gym and outdoors), Strength and Conditioning Coach, Spin Instructor and Sports Massage Therapist.

I started running competitively at the age of 11, and sport and fitness has remained a large part of my life ever since. I’ve coached in a wide variety of community and corporate settings since 1992, and I am also a trustee at Vale of York Athletic Community and Chair of the Athletics Committee.

My face-to-face and online coaching is grounded in tried and tested scientific principles combined with over forty years’ practical experience. I believe in the following training principles: consistency, variety, athleticism and community.

I use a variety of online planning and analysis tools to help athletes structure and learn from their training. These include vdot, intervals.icu and runalyze.