I’m Brant Stachel, founder of Fast and Free Performance Coaching, a high-performance endurance coach, Registered Psychotherapist, and author. For 18+ years, I’ve coached 1,700+ runners from first-time marathoners to professional and international-level athletes.

My athletes include 200+ Boston Qualifiers, 25 national team members, HYROX athletes from age group to pro, and runners across every World Marathon Major. I’m a 4x Team Canada Coach and coach to Thomas Nobbs, Canada’s 4th-fastest marathoner with a 2:09 marathon.

I’m a USATF Level 3, World Athletics Level 5, and Athletics Canada Performance Coach, with graduate degrees in Coaching, Psychology, and Leadership.

I’ve coached marathoners from 2:09 to 6:00 because good training isn’t about copying elites or blindly following mileage. It’s about applying the right training, at the right time, for the athlete in front of you.

My plans use the same evidence-based, periodized approach as my 1-on-1 coaching, developing aerobic fitness, race-specific performance, durability, and confidence.

I have 137 five-star reviews from athletes I’ve personally coached 1-on-1 through Team RunRun. My work has been featured in Runner’s World and Canadian Running Magazine, and I’m the author of the Amazon #1 Best Selling book (Triathlon), "Fast and Free".