Coaching & Training Plans

Looking for personalized coaching? I offer one-on-one coaching geared to your training goals and unique situation as an athlete. If you’d like to explore working together, let’s talk.

Looking for an event-specific training plan? I offer training plans by category (trail running, ultrarunning), training phase (endurance, lactate threshold, VO2max), and event distance.

Coaching and training plans are provided through the TrainingPeaks platform.

Coaching

Ideal for athletes looking to work closely with a coach as you move toward your goals together as a team. I offer two coaching packages that each provide a tailored training program to help you achieve your goals.

All coaching includes:

Free initial consultation
TrainingPeaks premium account
Custom training plan with detailed workouts
Ongoing monitoring of your training with feedback on key workouts

All coaching requires a commitment to:

Use a GPS watch with a heart rate monitor (and/or power meter) to log your training
Add subjective feedback on workouts in your TrainingPeaks log
Keep me updated on any issues that impact your training as they arise

Coaching + Weekly Schedules + Calls/Texts/Emails

Email adamhodges@alpfitness.com to learn more and inquire about availability.

Weekly monitoring and delivery of your workouts
Calls scheduled weekly or biweekly to check-in and discuss your training
Ongoing coach-athlete communication via texts, emails and TrainingPeaks comments
Plan and workout adjustments when life comes up to keep your training on track

I review your training each week before delivering your next week’s workouts. Stay in contact with me via text, TrainingPeaks comments, emails, and regularly scheduled calls to let me know when issues come up that impact your training. The ongoing communication allows me to continually tailor your training to each week’s circumstances, scheduling around things that come up. You also have full access to all of the TrainingPeaks Premium features.

Email adamhodges@alpfitness.com with questions or to get started.

Coaching + Monthly Schedules + Emails

Email adamhodges@alpfitness.com to learn more and inquire about availability.

Monthly monitoring and delivery of your workouts
Ongoing coach-athlete communication via emails and TrainingPeaks comments
Plan and workout adjustments once per month to keep your training on track

I review your training each month before delivering your next four-week block of training to your TrainingPeaks calendar. Stay in contact with me via TrainingPeaks comments and email to let me know when issues come up that impact your training. The ongoing communication allows me to continually tailor your training to each month’s circumstances, including one plan adjustment each month. You also have full access to all of the TrainingPeaks Premium features, including the ability to adjust your schedule when needed.

Email adamhodges@alpfitness.com with questions or to get started.

Coaching FAQs

Logging Workouts in TrainingPeaks

My ability to effectively monitor and prescribe your training relies on your uploading workout data to TrainingPeaks that includes distance/duration plus heart rate (and/or power).

Using your GPS watch and heart rate strap (and/or power meter) while training makes it easy to automatically upload the data to TrainingPeaks. To connect your device to your TrainingPeaks account, see these TrainingPeaks instructions.

Consistently using both your GPS watch and heart rate strap (and/or power meter) is important to model your training load over time. Heart rate (or power) data is used by TrainingPeaks to calculate a training stress score (TSS) for each workout; the TSS takes into account both the duration and intensity of your workout. I use this metric along with other coaching tools on TrainingPeaks to monitor and prescribe your training. Optional: If you’re interested in learning more about TSS, see “Training Stress Scores (TSS) Explained” in the TrainingPeaks help center.

Leaving Post-Activity Comments in TrainingPeaks

In addition to uploading data from your training device, you can add subjective notes in the “Post-activity comments” box. These can be notes on how you felt, weather conditions, other life events going on, etc. I recommend adding comments at least a few times a week, especially for key workouts. These comments provide me with greater insight into how you’re responding to the training. Feedback on what you’re qualitatively experiencing in addition to the quantitative feedback from your training device are both important to helping me monitor and prescribe your training. For more tips, see "Why Is Logging Post-Workout Comments Important and What Should You Include?"

Marking Limited Availability in Your TrainingPeaks Calendar

To help me schedule your training around work/family/life commitments, you can mark on your calendar in advance when you have limited availability to train, such as when traveling or during an important work/life event. See the instructions on how to mark your availability in the TrainingPeaks help center article, “Athlete Availability/Limited Availability.”

Communicating via TrainingPeaks Comments

You can always use the post-activity comments in your TrainingPeaks log to ask questions, especially if it relates to that particular workout. I check and respond to these comments frequently throughout the week. If you haven’t received a response within a few days on an urgent matter, feel free to send me a text or email.

Communicating via Emails

I usually respond to emails within a day or two during the week (not including weekends).

Communicating via Texts

If you have a coaching package with text communications, texts work well for quick comments or questions. I usually respond to texts within a few hours or by the end of the day at the latest. My texting response hours generally run from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Mountain Time on both weekdays and weekends. You can text me outside those hours, but I may only respond during those hours. Sometimes I’m in the backcountry and out of cell range all day, in which case I’ll respond after hours if it’s not too late or the next day.

Communicating via Phone/Zoom

Sometimes it’s just easier to talk by phone or to meet virtually via a video call.

If you have a coaching package that includes a regularly scheduled call, we’ll set up a consistent time for a weekly, biweekly, or monthly check-in to discuss your training. I have time slots available for calls on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, but we can find times on other days as needed. Sometimes, it might be helpful to meet via video conference so I can show you things in your TrainingPeaks calendar/dashboard.

If you have a coaching package that doesn’t include conference calls, you can always purchase a one-on-one consultation call for $99/half hour. This works well if you’d like a more in-depth consultation to discuss your training, strategize for an upcoming race, debrief at the end of a season or after a race, etc. I have time slots available for calls on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, but we can find times on other days as needed.

Individual Training Consultations

Email adamhodges@alpfitness.com to schedule.

Ideal for athletes with a monthly coaching package or self-coached athletes looking for an in-depth consultation to discuss your training, strategize for an upcoming race, debrief at the end of a season or after a race, etc.

Training Plans

Ideal for athletes interested in a pre-built training plan that you can follow on your own. I offer training plans by category, training phase, and event distance. Training plans use the Alp Fitness training zones to prescribe and help you monitor your intensity levels during workouts. To learn more, check out the “Guide to Using Training Zones.” If you’re interested in creating your own training plan, check out the “Guide to Creating Your Training Plan.”

Trail Running Series

Ultra Running Series

Mental Skills Training

Check out the “Goal Setting & Mental Skills Training Plan” on TrainingPeaks, which provides prompts and activities directly in your training calendar to help you implement the ideas and skills found in the “Alp Fitness Guide to Goal Setting & Mental Skills Training.”

Workout Library

If you’d like to use the Alp Fitness workout library to create your own training plan on TrainingPeaks, check out the “Running – Workout Library.”

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Coaching & Training Plans

Coaching

Coaching + Weekly Schedules + Calls/Texts/Emails

Coaching + Monthly Schedules + Emails

Coaching FAQs

Individual Training Consultations

Training Plans

Trail Running Series

Ultra Running Series

Mental Skills Training

Workout Library

About Adam Hodges

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Coaching + Weekly Schedules + Calls/Texts/Emails

Coaching + Monthly Schedules + Emails

Coaching FAQs

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Trail Running Series

Ultra Running Series

Mental Skills Training

Workout Library

About Adam Hodges

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