Steve S.

I have experience coaching at the middle school, high school and collegiate level as well as post collegiately with running clubs and people wanting to train for track events or road races. I started my coaching career a few years after college at the same time I was running for Etonic shoe company.
I have an extensive list of places I have coached:
Hathaway Brown 1992-1997 ( I started the XC track program there.
CWRU- 1999-2002 Was the head women’s XC Coach and assistant track coach where I coached both women and men distance runners.
One to One fitness center- Personal trainer and ran a running club for people training for road races from 1 mile-marathons-1992-2002
St. Edward High School 2003-2013
Head XC and Track Coach
Rocky River XC head Boys Coach-2013-Current
Spire Academy Olympic Training Center
USATF-track official-2014-2022
St. Joseph Academy Head track Coach-2018-2022
Westlake High School girls track coach in charge of distance-2023-2026
I typically for most of my career coach 13-18 year old athletes both girls/boys and often simultaneously in the same year. I am a USATF level 1 certified coach. I have coached and consulted ages from 20-65 in there efforts to train for distances from 400 all the way up to the marathon

I have competed in high school in the 800-3200
Was 6th in the state earning All Ohio honors.
I was an integral member of a state championship team while competing for Cleveland Heights high!
In college while attending Edinboro University I was a 2xnational qualifier in the 5k and member of the National championship D2 team at Edinboro University. Our team was inducted into the NCAA hall of fame for lowest points scored in a National meet in 1986!
Post collegiately I narrowly missed qualifying for the Olympic Trials in the marathon running 2:27 as my best time. I had the honor of being sponsored by 2 shoe companies
Etonic and Saucony throughout my career.

I would talk to the client about their experience level and specific goals.
I would ask them about their experiences in training and racing to get a better feel about setting up goal specific workouts designed to help this athlete reach their desired goals in a fun and productive manner.
A client could expect:
A coach that has been there competitively and is a seasoned coach. My approach is as follows:
I would focus immediately on proper
form drills including:
Proper arm carriage/swing
Stride length
Smooth and efficient stride
Proper foot strike and knee drive
Wicket drills
Foot speed drills
My workouts would include event specific age appropriate variety of the following:
Progression runs
Fartlek sessions
Interval workouts
Tempo runs
Ladders
Hill workouts
I would complete the workout with a summary of the session assessing what went well and what we would continue to build on!
A short Q and A session to wrap it up complete with positive reinforcement and encouragement.