aLYSON'S cOACHING pROGRAM
Plus testimonials
RUNNING AND PEAKBAGGING SERVICES
CREDENTIALS
Master’s Degree from the University of Colorado at Denver
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Alyson is passionate about self-powered exploration of the landscape and has gained extensive experience from multi-day adventures. She is the first person in history to climb every peak in Colorado above 10,000ft, including all of the 10ers, 11ers, 12ers, 13ers, and 14ers. Many of these adventures have included multi-day backpacking trips, technical rock climbing, navigational experience, bushwhacking experience, bear, moose, and mountain lion encounters, glacier travel, and talus experience.
In addition, Alyson has multiple ultra-distance wins, including finishing 21 one-hundred-mile milers winning 10 of those. As a coach, she pulls from her knowledge and experience of the body and mind to help athletes improve their endurance, nutrition, strength, and mindset. In Alyson’s mind, there’s no goal that’s unachievable.
**RUNNING SERVICES
Custom Endurance Coaching for running and ultra running
$120 per month
Custom Endurance Coaching for Running
Unique, personalized training plans, one-to-one consultation, feedback and evaluations, nutritional advice, and race strategies to help you reach your goals — from 5K to 100 miles ---- No goal is too big or small to achieve, and sometimes having the right guidance is what will get you there!
**PEAKBAGGING SERVICES
Custom Endurance Coaching for peak bagging and ultra peakbagging
$100 per month
1-day hiking adventure with Alyson to the summit of your goal peak/peaks!
Prices vary depending on duration and location, and are offered for groups or individuals. Email for more information.
Custom Endurance Coaching for Peakbagging
Unique, personalized training plans, one-to-one consultation, feedback and evaluations, nutritional advice, gear preparation advice, wildlife encounter advice, and GPS training. From reaching the summit of a mountain to completing a small or large backpacking trip. Alyson is here to guide you in achieving things that may scare you at first, but ultimately will make you grow!
PAYMENT METHODS
Alyson is not in this for the money, paying money she feels holds people more accountable. Alyson is purely in this for the love and joy she gets seeing people achieve BIG things in life with a little guidance!
This pro accepts payments via Cash, Check, PayPal, and Venmo.
Alyson has found great joy in helping people enjoy and achieve their running or hiking goals, however large or small they might be!
MONTHLY CUSTOM COACHING INCLUDES:
- Intelligent, periodized training plan personalized for you and your needs – running or hiking/peakbagging
- Includes advice on strength and mobility routines
- Daily feedback except when she is running 100 miles or on a multiple-day backpacking trip
- Scheduled phone calls when needed or wanted
- Customized long-run and race nutritional strategies
- Customized hiking and backpacking nutritional strategies
- Guidance if life gets in the way & goals need to be refocused
- Workouts and training plans delivered through Google Sheets
See Testimonials Below!
Testimonials From Current and Past
Athletes That Alyson Has Coached
Jeff Helgestad – Hiker and Ultra Trail Runner from Wisconsin
My wife and I first met Alyson in 2019 when we contacted her to help us meet some of our Colorado
summit goals and I am sure glad we did! While I have a love for hiking high Colorado peaks I must admit
I struggle with edge exposure. Alyson has ton of experience peak bagging across the United States. In
discussion with Alyson I knew we were in good hands due to her experience, skills, her understanding of
facing fears to overcome and accomplish great things, and her willingness to support and helps us
through that process. My wife and I felt safe with Alyson!
Alyson also helped us with our conditioning prior our annual trip and she truly cares about your goals
and most importantly cares about you as a person! Alyson has accomplished so many great things in
her ultra-running career and mountaineering life and they truly inspire and motivate, us each day. We
continue to hike with Alyson each year and she has become a great friend and mentor for us in so many
ways. Alyson is always there to provide encouragement and support in reaching those goals!
RUNNER JOSH
Working with Alyson has been a game-changer for me. Her programming keeps things interesting and is effective. I appreciate her reality about all the things that life can throw our way and that sometimes (rarely) you may not be able to get a run in. I didn't know I needed a voice like hers until I had it. A voice that is unlike my own. She's encouraging and wants me to enjoy running and to be on the journey rather than just a set of goals. I've seen real improvements in my heart rate, pace, strength and running which brings me joy again. She also gets the importance of strength training, which is not something I think should be sacrificed. Most importantly though, Alyson focuses on the person, not just the performance, and I'm so grateful for her.
Joann Helgestad - Hiker, Ultra Trail Runner, and Mountain Enthusiast from Wisconsin
I first met Alyson in 2019 when my husband made contact with her and arrangements to hike with her. He had some mountain goals and I wanted to go along for the adventure. I have to confess that I was a little nervous and intimidated by her abilities and accomplishments. I am not a very outgoing person and I can be very quiet, especially with people that I have just met. I was also nervous because I have some very high fears of edges and heights. I quickly found out that I had nothing to be nervous about. Alyson put me at ease and was very understanding about my fears. She helped me go beyond what I thought I would be able to achieve and encouraged me to continue to test myself. Alyson is always encouraging of any goals that I set for myself and has also been willing to help me in any way
.I have since then hiked with Alyson several times and intend to hike with her as many times as we can get together. I would encourage anyone with hiking, running or mountain peaking goals to work with her. She is a very accomplished adventurer and has been the key to many of my successes
I'll guide you to amazing places
Stoddard Finnie-Runner
I am so glad I didn’t follow my normal principles of life i.e don’t mix friends with business…..because I am very grateful my good friend Alyson invited me to be one of her first clients of her fledgling run coaching business and I am very happy I accepted! Because of Alyson‘s pedigree being a top ultra runner with so many big races and wins under her belt, she was able to sit down with me to help me realize my own goals and help materialize a running plan to help me do so myself! That being said, I highly recommend Alyson to be your next running coach either out on the roads or on the trails!
