Frequently Asked Questions

No. We do not offer drop-in sessions. All sessions are scheduled in advance.

We are located in Lewis Center, Ohio. Most sessions are held at the Orange Middle School track in Lewis Center; some programs use another designated location, which we confirm when you enroll.

Please call or text us if you are running late. We may be able to extend your session if no one is scheduled after you. If you are 5 or more minutes late, we may need to modify your workout. We will wait 10 to 15 minutes, after which the session is forfeited.

That is a question for your physician or physical therapist, not your coach. If they clear you to train, contact us in advance and we will adjust your sessions around their restrictions and their return-to-activity plan. We coach; we do not diagnose, treat or rehabilitate injuries.

Yes, we provide training for speed, power, strength, endurance, and agility. However, we do not coach specific sport techniques such as blocking or tackling. For Track and Cross Country athletes, we teach starts, race strategy, and starting blocks. Younger athletes should train as generalists to build a broad athletic foundation.

Generally, no. We prefer not to interfere with team coaches during the competitive season. Exceptions may be made for specific form work or technical skills like starting blocks.

It depends. School off-season practices are often student-led and focus on basic conditioning. Our training is specific, with targeted goals that go beyond general conditioning. We also account for any school team conditioning your athlete may be doing.

We train outdoors year-round, and you are never charged for weather cancellations. Historically, we cancel only about 1 to 2 times per season.

Group programs: reserved makeup days are already on the calendar. If weather ever costs more sessions than the makeup days cover, we refund the unused sessions.

Private 1:1 coaching: if we have to cancel for weather, your coach will contact you, and we will reschedule the session or shift it to a different time.

We are not a general fitness club. Coaching athletes since 2011, for every hour spent with an athlete, another 30 to 60 minutes goes into monitoring progress and programming. There are no generic plans here. We are a legitimate business with real overhead, but we keep costs reasonable by not maintaining a high-rent facility.

Absolutely! You can reach us by phone, email, or text anytime during the week.

We do not coach jumps, throws, field events or hurdle technique. We can make these athletes faster: we coach them on speed, acceleration and proper sprint mechanics.

Yes. Friends and siblings can sign up for the same group program and train together. Athletes are grouped by Middle School and High School, so two athletes in the same group train side by side.

Our summer cross country training block runs from the end of May through July. You can join after the block starts if space is available, and you are only charged for the training sessions remaining in the block. Starting sooner is always better.

Yes. Invite a friend or teammate. If they enroll in Winter Track Training, we will refund you $50 when they sign up for the full 12-session program, or $25 for a single 6-session phase. The friend must be new to Run For Performance. Just have them tell us who referred them.

For Winter Track Training, choose your athlete’s group on the enrollment page and pay through secure Square checkout. For private coaching, adult coaching and other programs, contact us through any of our Ask a Coach buttons or the contact form. We will discuss your options and send an invoice via Square Payments. Payment is due in advance.

We do not coach that way. Training sessions are scheduled weekly, because each one builds on the last. An athlete training every third week is restarting rather than progressing, and most of the gain from the previous session is gone by the time we meet again.

The programming we do between sessions, the weekly plan adjustments, and coach access during the week are all part of active weekly coaching, not something a purchased balance holds open indefinitely.

We know schedules get complicated, so if something comes up we will work with you to reschedule. Just talk to us rather than letting weeks pile up.

A drop-in model turns coaching into a gym or fitness-facility model, and our programs are much more than "fit in a workout."

Instead, we take the time to learn each athlete and periodize their training around their season, sport, outside activities, school, and week-to-week progress. That means frequent adjustments based on how each athlete is progressing, not random, haphazard workouts, plus planning time between sessions. It is also why group athletes enroll for a full block.

That said, we know things come up, so we do our best to work around conflicts when they do.

No contracts. We do require a liability waiver and a media permission form.

The media permission form allows us to photograph or video your athlete for training analysis, so we can show you or your athlete proper and improper technique. We may also (but rarely do) use some photos for website updates or highlights. You can opt out of media permission.

Yes. We require that minors have an adult on-site during sessions. Parents are welcome to watch from the stands, walk the track or the surrounding area, or wait in their vehicle.

We typically coach athletes ages 10 to 70, with the majority being middle school, high school, and college athletes. We also work with adults. In special cases, we work with athletes under 10 with a focus on fun and fundamentals.

Absolutely. We have trained hundreds, if not over a thousand, runners. We coach any distance up to 50 miles, available in-person, online, or hybrid.