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Nichol Randall, Chgo, IL Running Coach

Nichol Randall

Running

SILVER
67 reviews

Experienced coach with 9 years of experience View all coaching experience

This coach is unavailable to take clients at this time.

Training Locations
Training Locations
  1. Lake Shore Park, 808 N Lake Shore Dr, Chgo, IL

Coach is willing to travel up to 5 miles

  • University of California--Los Angeles (CA)

  • 9 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Long Distance, Marathon, Cross Country

  • Breathing, Gait, Pacing, Stride, Form

Credentials

  • University of California--Los Angeles (CA)

  • 9 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

Services

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Long Distance, Marathon, Cross Country

  • Breathing, Gait, Pacing, Stride, Form

More About Coach Nichol

I provide private running lessons in Chicago, IL. My coaching is based on the principles I learned from my own private coach, chi-running techniques, runners world, and runners in business.

In addition, I spent three years coaching young women's volleyball and basketball for a non-profit organization. I enjoy working with diverse groups of people, but I especially enjoy the challenge of coaching individuals who are overweight, because I may potentially prevent them from diseases that are caused by obesity. My specialties include belly breathing, running form, body sensing, and developing endurance and mental toughness which impacts all areas of all of our lives.

I ran the San Diego Rock n' Roll Full Marathon, Oakland Full Marathon, Las Vegas Rock n' Roll Full Marathon, and Abbott world marathon major-Chicago. Additionally, SF Nike Women's Half Marathon, a virtual Nike Half Marathon all to benefit the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, countless local half marathons, and 32K's on my own around the San Francisco Bay Area and Europe, including Germany, France, and Spain.

All of my sessions are custom-designed for the individual. A basic session may include a short conversation and feedback about diet, questions or concerns you may have about running, a dynamic warm-up, a demonstration of your running style, and running drills based on your specific need. After each session, I want my athlete to feel a sense of accomplishment and confidence.

Join me, and you will get results!

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Client Reviews

Highly recommend!

Amazing coach! Helped my cut close to 2 minutes off my mile. I highly reccomended Nichol!

Great! Amazing!

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Coach Nichol is absolutely wonderful. I look forward to working with her on my journey toward attaining my running goals.

Coach Nichol was great! She helped me with some form tips that have helped me get faster already, and made me feel confident about beginning training for a big race.

Coach Nichol is amazing. She listened to my concerns and worked with me on developing a plan to help me achieve my goals. My only regret is not finding her sooner. Thank you so much!

Loved meeting with Coach Nicol. She gave me great advice and I can't wait to work iwth her again!

This is my first experience with a running coach and I was overall very happy with the experience. Nichol was professional, considerate, and very helpful. With a few tips she was able to improve my running time by focusing on a few key areas such as posture and breathing. She also helped my daughter to improve her form.

Nichol is a great coach. I’m rehabbing from an injury and she was pretty quick to figure out the problem and correct my form. She’s super helpful and easy to learn from. Would definitely recommend her to anyone looking to step up their running game.

Coach Nichol knows how to communicate exceptionally well with my 12 year old daughter! Very patient, constructive and observant. Great coach! We are looking forward to the next session.

Nichol is a talented running coach who works exceedingly well with kids. Both my children have improved their running as a result. Plus they really enjoy the sessions!

My first session with Nichol was great. She gave me confidence for the next sessions. She explained me very clearly all the techniques and practiced them at my level. Love it!

Fantastic coach! Great techniques for running. She’s a very kind soul.

Coach Nichol is a great coach! Flexible to my schedule and always shows up supportive and ready to share great ideas. Her take home assignments (drills, etc.) are also cognizant of what I can handle and what my goal is. Coach Nichol always asks how do you feel about that? what do you think? Overall, the last 4 months have been a great partnership.

I would highly recommend Coach Nichol. She helped my daughter tremendously not only with technique, but also the mental aspects.

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Very knowledgeable. Nichol is very encouraging and thoughtful in her approach.

Nichol has been great! Within 30 minutes of our session I already felt a difference in my form and breathing techniques. Nichol is fun and friendly to train with, and also very positive. I look forward to more sessions and seeing my progression.

Nichol is a great coach. My thirteen year old daughter started working with her a few months ago and we have seen tremendous improvement in both her form and speed. She also has a great way about her especially working with teens. I highly recommend Nichol.

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Nichol does a great job teaching the fundamentals. For someone like myself, who has never been a runner, she makes the whole experience quite enjoyable.

Nicole has been a great coach for my son. He is eager to meet up with her and run each weekend.

Nichol was great! Helped me with form and keeping me accountable. She is friendly, punctual, and has answers. After our first meeting and a couple of subsequent runs, I’m feeling improvement.

Coach Nichol was great! She helped me improve my form, gave me tips for marathon training, and is sending me a suggested plan to help me stay on track. I'd recommend her!

Great Coach!

Nichol really helped me improve my posture during running!

Coach Nichol was great when it came to helping me take a different look at running. I do not particularly enjoy running but I know I need to do it in order to be and stay healthy. Coach Nichol took the time to listen to my reasons why I did not enjoy running and made sure to address my reasons in our session. By the end of my session she helped me to breathe and maintain my running posture in a different way which allowed me to get much more out my running then I have in the past...it was very encouraging to see my progress. Thanks Coach Nichol!!

She is great

Coach Nichol is a great coach. My daughter did make a definite improvement in her running form and stride . She is very pleasant, was on time and very professional. overall, a very good experience!

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Thank you, Nichol! My session helped me with starting my run, posture, and just running in general. Nichol was also a great person to start my Saturday with and I felt like I was starting my Saturday right while learning a bunch. Nichol is a great trainer and I would highly recommend her for any aspiring runner.

Coach Nichol was great! She asked me lots of questions to learn about my goals, my current running program, assessed my form and posture, and watched me run. I now have tips for improving my form and speed. I've already run faster on each run since my session, thanks Coach!

Great first session!

Coach Nichol worked with my 12 year old daughter who runs track and x-country. In just one session she was able to give my daughter useful tips to improve her form. We saw results immediately when she took 25 seconds off her 3k PR the very next day. We hope to work with Nichol again in the future.

Great coach. After our session, I am confident, Nichol can help me to grow as a runner.

Nichol was great. Really helped me improve my form to help reduce the risk of injury and ease up on my shins. Thanks Nichol!

Coach Nichol has been a great inspiration and support for my son. She motivates him to run. He was able to see some results within the first few sessions with Nichol that puts the confidence in him that he can do it. He has a long way to go, but we are happy with the great enthusiasm with which Coach Nichol has been training my son. I strongly believe my son will see greater improvements as we progress. Thanks so much Coach Nichol, for your help!

I enjoyed my first session with Coach Nicole. She provided me with a lot of technique to help me improve my form and hence endurance. She listened to my concerns and helped me to figure ways to make changes. She is approachable and responsive. I plan to check back in 2 weeks to continue to seek her advice.

Coach Nichol has been a great coach for my 13 year old daughter. My daughter has struggled with her running form (she plays soccer and lacrosse) and we have tried for years on our own to correct it with no success. In just a few sessions, Coach Nichol has significantly improved her form. I am excited to see her improvement after more sessions with Coach Nichol. As important as her knowledge is, just as valuable is Nichol's demeanor with my daughter. Nichol is a very supportive and encouraging. My daughter, who's not a huge fan of just running, actually looks forward to her sessions with Nichol and is anxious to improve. To me, that speaks volumes about Nichol's coaching ability. I highly recommend Nichol to anyone who is looking to improve their form, regardless of their age or sport.

Nichol was so awesome with my 12 yr old daughter who was coming back from a knee injury. She provided very useful insight and tools and was patient and kind.

She did a very nice job with my 7 year old. She was very patient and kept him engaged the entire time.

Coach Nichol is a great coach . After a couple of sessions , I could see my son's style of running change for the better. He is able to follow instructions from Coach clearly. In fact I have signed up for more sessions for my son. I will recommend Coach Nichol to anyone who would like to see their running style improve.

Coach Nichol was very quick to respond to my questions and confirm the timings. The session was well planned for the allocated time.

I decided that I wanted to complete a triathlon, but continually managed to hurt myself when training for the run. My form was "close", but coach Nichol has been able to find a few areas that have allowed me to train and run injury free. That has been a huge improvement, and the next goals are to extend the distance and build my endurance.

Coach Nichol is great with kids. My 10 years old daughter learned so much after her first session and her running improved dramatically.

Coach Nichol was great. She taught me the basic details which we tend to forget while running. I hope I can continue to use those techniques and make it a better run. Thank you !!!

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I am an older person taking up marathon running training. Nichol has focused on proper running technique for efficiency and injury prevention. Following her instruction I've been able to run for miles without pain during or after many miles. She is a patient, methodical and highly disciplined instructor. On the personal side she is energetic and lots of fun. I would highly recommend Nichol to anyone who wants to go beyond their own expectations. Age does NOT matter...you can be a healthy runner and enjoy it!

I hired Coach Nichol to help me come back to regular running after dealing with several knee injuries over the years. I wanted to make an active recovery and learn how to adopt proper form going forward.

Coach Nichol is wonderful--she's detail-oriented and will analyze every piece of your gait and form, has a great sense of humor, she's very responsive, immensely patient, and a pleasure to be around. I've had only one session and already feel improvements in my form and adopting her suggestions has allowed me to run pain free for the first time in a long time.

Coach Nichol is a very thorough, thoughtful, experienced, patient coach! I am a 38 year old woman who has had running injuries. I have been wanting to get back into running but wanted to work with an experienced, trustworthy coach who can help me improve my running form. Nichol is a chi running certified coach which was a very nice surprise! I had bought the Chi Running book and wanted to learn more about the Chi Running method. Nichol offers it all! I especially love that Nichol doesn't overwhelm me with fixing all my running corrections at the same time. She patiently breaks it down and we focus on one correction at a time. I HIGHLY recommend Nichol as a coach!!!

Coach Nichol is really good with kids. Our 9 year old has been training wth her for a few weeks now. She has a patient yet persistent style with him that we admire!

Coach Nichol has done a great job with both of my kids. I have one daughter who loves to run and one who does not. She always designs a program that is appropriately challenging for both. She relates to both and both girls like her. She is reliable and on-time and low-key. Perfect for fitness and track training.

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Coach Nichol has helped my son Jackson cut his Home to 1st and 60 yd. dash times drastically! By working on his running mechanics, Jackson has gained over a second in both in just two months! Love working with Nichol...highly recommended!

Coach Nichol has been working with my 11 y.o. daughter for about three months now. My daughter loves to run, did x-country for the first time and now track and field and is an avid runner. Nichol is teaching her body care, technique, and most importantly, what my daughter is capable of. At my daughter's first track meet, I was scheduling Nichol after seeing that she didn't know how to push herself. I trust Nichol, she's so easy for me to work with and share my goals and desires for my daughter, and she takes all of Cami's input just as seriously. We're thrilled to have her as a resource, and I see us working with her for a long time.

We've only trained twice so far, and Nichol has already given me many useful tips for injury prevention and strength/endurance, which are the two reasons I felt like I needed a coach in the first place. She's also very encouraging and has helped me do more than I thought I could!

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Coach Nichol is an Excellent trainer. This is my first time ever running and I decided to hire a professional to assist me with the proper techniques. Coach Nichol is patient, knowledgeable and highly skilled. She provided me advise on the proper meals prior to running, attire and exercises. I would highly recommend Coach Nichol to anyone who is looking for running coach.

We love coach Nichol. Our 9 year old son enjoyed running with her. She went through all kind of running mechanics with him. We are looking forward to having our son doing running lesson with her again next week onward.

Coach Nichol was a great coach. My 9 year old daughter enjoyed running with her. I would recommend coach Nichol to anyone.

Coach Nichol has been a great coach for my 13-year-old daughter. My daughter has struggled with her running form (she plays soccer and lacrosse) and we have tried for years on our own to correct it with no success. In just a few sessions, Coach Nichol has significantly improved her form. I am excited to see her improvement after more sessions with Coach Nichol. As important as her knowledge is, just as valuable is Nichol's demeanor with my daughter. Nichol is a very supportive and encouraging. My daughter, who's not a huge fan of just running, actually looks forward to her sessions with Nichol and is anxious to improve. To me, that speaks volumes about Nichol's coaching ability. I highly recommend Nichol to anyone who is looking to improve their form, regardless of their age or sport.
Hi Nichol! Thanks for an amazing run! I was beyond apprehensive about the run, especially with it being my longest. And, with me not training like I wanted to. You are a fantastic running coach. You clearly understand your clients and work to bring out their best while helping them reach their goals! I'm looking forward to our next long run! And, of course I had to rub it in to my bf that I ran 6 all by about 10 am!
As a client of Nichol's, all my requests and goals were and are being met. I continue to learn so much from her. I have a lot of endurance but some how I was not using my energy correctly. So far, she has taught me how to have good posture and how I should position my feet as I run. She has such great energy and motivates me to run further and further which keeps me on track with goals I have set out. She has been running for many years and her suggestions on what foods I should eat to have a good run have helped me. Overall, she is a well-seasoned runner.
As a new runner I am so glad I had the opportunity to have Nichol help me. She has given me some good tips regarding my running form, the importance of having good running shoes, and eating more healthier foods. I feel very comfortable talking to her because I know that she has an educational background in health science and also is an avid runner herself. I look forward to receiving more coaching sessions from her in the future as I know she can really help me achieve my running goals.
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