Not sure how to prepare for your upcoming training block?
Most runners know they need to do it — they just don't know how
How It Works
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Training is Hard, Communication is Key
We'll have a real conversation — your goals, your history, what's worked, what hasn't. I listen first, then comes the plan.
Monthly Coaching Fee $200
How to Get Started:
- Connect: Click CONTACT ME below.
- Consult: I’ll schedule a call to discuss your history, training goals, and PR aspirations.
- Launch: After our call, you’ll receive registration and Final Surge setup links.
- Integrated Strength: Every training block includes a comprehensive, fully integrated strength training program built by Tim Latham at Back Bay Health to develop your power and keep you durable.
Training begins the moment your first cycle appears on your calendar. To ensure physiological adaptation, I request a 4-month minimum commitment (6 months for marathon builds). Cancel anytime with 7 days' notice before your next billing date.
Weekly Training Schedule
Adaptive Training Schedules
- Two-Week Lead Time: Workouts are posted on Final Surge 14 days in advance for easy planning.
- Built-In Flexibility: Your plan isn't set in stone. When life happens, we adapt your training to keep you on track without the stress.
- Custom to You: Every mile is programmed specifically for your fitness level and race goals.
Final Surge Integrated Training Platform
Final Surge manages your training and track your progress in real-time. Simply link your GPS watch, and your workouts—including pace, heart rate, and cadence—will sync automatically for my analysis.
By using the "Post Workout Notes" feature to share how you feel, you provide the vital feedback I need to fine-tune your program, maximize your results, and keep you injury-free.
Get Faster, Crush Your Goals, Have a Blast While Doing It
What Do You Want To Do?
Qualify for Boston:
We'll build your BQ together — a plan that fits your life, your body, and your timeline. You do the work; I make sure every mile has a purpose.
Win Your Age Group:
I love helping athletes discover speed they didn't know they had. We'll train smart, race smart, and celebrate every step of the way.
Train Hard, Stay Healthy:
Staying healthy isn't just about avoiding injury — it's about trusting your plan and your coach. I'll always tell you when to push and when to back off.
Performance at Every Age
As a Masters athlete in my 50s, I’m still reaching new heights, including a 2:57 marathon and 18:30 5K, both at age 53.
I believe the coach-athlete relationship works best as a partnership. You bring the work ethic and the goals — I bring the plan, the strategy, and the support to get you there. No cookie-cutter plans. No shouting from the sidelines. Just honest, attentive coaching built around you."
Running Strong-Integrated Strength Training
To ensure you don't just reach the starting line, but crush the finish line, Newton Hills Endurance has partnered exclusively with Back Bay Health to create Running Strong—a comprehensive, runner-specific strength program built entirely for our athletes and integrated directly into your training. Improve running economy to maximize stride efficiency.
- Fix structural imbalances and address physical weaknesses before they cause issues.
- Bulletproof joints against injury to build a durable frame capable of handling high mileage.
Philosophy
Running Strong integrates seamlessly into your training plan without competing with mileage. By prioritizing movement patterns over isolated exercises, it scales across all experience levels and training phases.
Approach
Consistent in structure, the framework adjusts intensity and volume to serve as foundational infrastructure for running health and performance.
Session Structure
Every strength training session follows a sequence: power work is placed first (after the warm-up) to take advantage of a fresh system; plyometrics on fatigued tissue reduce both quality of output and adaptation.
Some Kind Words
Janet B. Greenwich, CT
Kenny,
Thanks so much for your support in helping me prepare for the NYC Marathon!
Although I was referred to you with less than 4 weeks until the big day, your running coaching had a major impact on my success!
Training for a marathon is clearly a physical challenge for all, but sometimes the mental game can be as challenging, and I was definitely experiencing a lot of self-doubt.
From our first conversation, however, that changed. Your positivity is contagious and comes across as so genuine – you made me feel like I could achieve my goal from the outset.
While 4 weeks is not a lot of time to make changes in a marathon training program, the advice you provided on fueling and pacing, two areas I had been having trouble with, paid off big – I had the best long run of my entire endurance training (20 miles) after implementing the guidance you provided.
I really appreciated the course strategy and race day tips, including little things like where to have my “fans” placed along the course to provide hydration/fuel and motivation at the toughest parts of the course.
I went into race day feeling confident and well-prepared, a dramatic turnaround from where I was just 4 weeks prior, and soaked in every minute of the 26.2 mile journey like you told me to! I am so thankful for your coaching!
Koen P. Newton, MA
I just ran the New Bedford Half Marathon and felt stronger at the finish line than I ever had before!
You transformed how I train. The structured plan took the guesswork out of every week, building mileage and speedi n a way that felt challenging but never reckless. What impressed me most was the attention to pacing and injury prevention.
I'm running faster and farther than I though possible, and my body feels good doing it.
Next up: my first ever 50km trail race in May. A year a go that sentence would have seemed absurd. Now it feels within reach.
Josh M. San Diego, CA
I have been an avid runner for about 20 years and have worked with other coaches along the way. I've never had results like the ones I have had since working with Kenny.
Three words I believe are imbedded in the ethos of what Kenny brings to the table:
Strength – Kenny is the best there is at working with you, as a team, to reach your goals. You will learn to trust that you have what it takes (if you do the work). This, I believe, is what separates him from everyone else. He will work with you, around your schedule, knowing that…as he says, “life happens”. Kenny will have you trusting in the plan and trusting in yourself. If you put in the work, you will be flying in no time. He will work the plan, adjust, amend, and get you going.
Heart – Kenny will show you that you can push yourself more than you thought you could. He will give you to tools to prove to yourself that you can do it and you will!! He will check in with you to make sure you know you’ve got it. He will not only work on the body, he will strengthen your belief in yourself.
Experience – Kenny isn’t just telling you what you can do, he is doing it too. Everyday he is out there getting miles and inspiring you to move. On top of it all, he can answer any question you have; from fueling, to cadence, to heart rate, to pace, and beyond.
The best there is!
Sarah R. Boston, MA
I can’t express how grateful I am for Kenny’s wisdom and guidance through a Boston Marathon training block, and now into a fall marathon training period.
I started training unsure of how to approach my third marathon more effectively, when I was introduced to Kenny. I ended the first month of training under his wing hitting paces I’ve never seen on my watch before and feeling stronger than ever. I’ve never learned so much about running or fallen more in love with the sport had it not been for Kenny’s insight.
His passion for running is contagious and it shows in his runners.
Approaching race day, I unfortunately got sick. But because of Kenny, I had created three different goals to fall back on: one if all went well, one if I hit a couple of hiccups, and one if things went awry. The marathon would have completely fallen apart had I not developed those three goals and known I could still deliver even if the day didn’t go according to plan.
Kenny has changed the way I train and think about running, and I couldn’t be more excited to continue working with him for the next races.
