Take Your
Endurance
Off-Road
Personalized coaching for endurance athletes transitioning from road running, triathlon, and cycling into trail, gravel, and ultra-distance racing.
You’ve Built Endurance
Now Let’s Teach It The Terrain
Your fitness, discipline, and experience are powerful assets. Trails and gravel just require a different rulebook. I help you adapt your endurance to the demands of off-road sport.
CLIMB
Build the strength and pacing needed for sustained vertical.
DESCEND
Develop the skills and durability to move efficiently
downhill.
ADAPT
Prepare for changing terrain, effort, and race conditions.
EXPLORE
Use running, cycling, strength, and hiking as an integrated system.
I’ve Been There
I started running in 2006, completed multiple half and full marathons, then discovered triathlon in 2008 - progressing from sprint distance to Ironman, with more than a dozen half Ironmans and four Ironmans over the last decade.
In 2023, I wanted something different and to find a way to incorporate one of my favorite outdoor activities, hiking, into my life. I bought a gravel bike and loved the idea of being in nature, mostly off the busy roads, and being in nature. Through hiking I started jogging one day and so my trail days began.
I quickly realized my endurance background was good for off-road adventures but it didn’t fully translate to my new environment and ways I was using and moving my body. The fitness transferred but the skills, type of strength, and approach were very different.
Since then, I’ve been on a journey and completed multiple gravel races, including a five day gravel adventure race with camping each night in Oregon, and progressed from 5k to 100k trail races.
Now I help other endurance athletes make the same transition- with more confidence, less guesswork, and a plan built for the terrain ahead.
The Gaines Approach
A full-body approach for off-road performance
Trail Running
Fitness, durability, and confidence on technical terrain
Cycling
Build aerobic fitness and muscular endurance with purpose
Strength
Durability for climbing, descending, and long
days in the saddle and on the feet
Recovery
Structured recovery so your body adapts to training blocks