Training around kids and work
I write every plan myself and rebuild it each week around your schedule, so a 5am start or a travel week is part of the plan, not the reason it breaks. More running isn't necessarily better. I have clients who run three days a week and clients who refuse to take a day off and run all seven.
For most busy runners, the week I'd suggest is four days of running, one day of aerobic cross-training, and one or two days of either more cross-training or off. And spread the running out: way too many people over-index on the long run instead of spreading their running across the week. That's good news when your Saturday belongs to someone else's soccer game.
Parents on the roster
"Two kids under five. My husband works nights. I run at 4:30 AM and the plan never judges me for it. PR'd by 11 minutes at Mesa."
Sarah R. came back after years away: "I'm hitting PRs again as a mom, and having more fun than ever. The plan worked around my schedule, not the other way around." Meaghan V. started running after five kids, and said it best: "It keeps us excited about running when life gets so hard." The athlete wall has the rest, in their own words.
The goals don't shrink
A busy calendar doesn't mean a small goal: Erin PR'd by 11 minutes, and Sarah is setting PRs again. If yours is a first marathon, map out your weeks here; if it's Boston, the Boston qualifier calculator shows how far under your standard you need to be.
What it costs
Two tiers, billed monthly: Core at $159 (a hand-written plan adjusted every week, one call a month, zones and VDOT set properly, strength guidance, race-week pacing) and Premium at $199 (two calls a month with same-day replies, nutrition, sleep and mental coaching, video gait analysis, HRV and zone reviews). A two-month commitment to start, then month-to-month. Before any of that, a free 20-minute intro call, and no payment until we both say yes. The program page has the full comparison.
The coach behind the plan
I'm a former professional marathoner with a 2:12 personal best: 4x US Olympic Trials qualifier, 4x NCAA national champion and 4x NCAA runner-up, and I coached at the University of Oklahoma. In more than ten years of coaching I've coached more than 500 Boston-qualifying performances, most of them by everyday runners with jobs, families, and a few missed workouts along the way. I coach every athlete personally. I don't run an agency, and I don't hand your training off to an assistant.