About Us
Project Renewal Coaching
Project Renewal Coaching helps people improve performance by understanding the systems that shape how they train, think, recover, and live.
Some clients come to us as runners or athletes looking for better training, stronger seasons, and sustainable progress. Others arrive navigating moments of transition, pressure, or uncertainty in their work or personal lives.
While the starting point may be different, the work is the same. Performance is never just physical or mental in isolation. It is the result of how stress is managed, how decisions are made, how meaning is created, and how habits are sustained over time
This is coaching rooted in relationship, not algorithms.
Our Story
I still remember sitting alone on the infield at Scioto in Columbus, Ohio after another state championship meet where both my boys’ and girls’ teams finished just outside the top ten.
It was our fourth straight year qualifying for the state tournament. From the outside, it looked like success. Many coaches and parents would have gladly traded places with us.
But sitting there, I felt like I had let my athletes down.
They were disciplined. They were committed. They had done everything I asked of them. And still, when it mattered most, we came up short.
That moment forced me to take responsibility for something I had avoided for a long time. Workouts alone were not enough. Motivation alone was not enough. If performance was going to change, I needed to understand the whole picture, not just the training plan.
So I went looking for better answers.
At first, I thought the solution would be better workouts. Better physiology. Better inputs. I returned to school and immersed myself in human performance, convinced that if I could master the science, I could finally write the perfect program.
What I discovered instead was something very different.
There was no single paper that told you what to do on Tuesday. No formula that could be copied and pasted. What the research revealed was how deeply connected everything is. Stress affects recovery. Recovery affects adaptation. Motivation affects execution. Life affects all of it.
I realized I had been chasing better ingredients when what mattered was the entire recipe.
When I returned to high school coaching, I no longer saw athletes as just bodies responding to training. I saw temperament. Personality. Fear. Confidence. Meaning. The same season plan could exist on paper, but each athlete needed to understand it differently in order to live it.
Training became as much about communication as it was about physiology.
Then something else changed.
I stopped trying to build teams around myself and started building leaders inside the team. I wanted athletes to develop their own voice, to influence one another, to shape culture together. What began as individual development turned into shared responsibility. Teams no longer depended on one coach. They began to sustain themselves.
Later, as I worked with collegiate athletes and professionals, I saw the same patterns appear again. The challenge was no longer just training or competing. It was balancing responsibility, relationships, pressure, identity, and expectation. Eventually the questions became bigger than sport
How do I make better decisions?
How do I handle stress?
How do I grow without burning out?
How do I lead others without losing myself?
That is where the idea of renewal took shape.
Renewal is what happens when someone realizes they are stuck inside a system that no longer serves them. Sometimes that system is training. Sometimes it is work. Sometimes it is a relationship. Sometimes it is the story they tell themselves.
Stress narrows perspective. Being stuck creates autopilot. Renewal begins when someone steps back, regains clarity, and sees the bigger picture again.
Project Renewal Coaching was built around that moment.
Sometimes renewal starts with a season plan and a pair of running shoes. Sometimes it begins with an honest conversation about life. Either way, the work is the same. Helping people see clearly again so they can move forward with intention.
Our Coaching Philosophy
We begin with the person, not the plan.
Before writing workouts or outlining goals, we take time to understand who you are, where you are right now, and what you want to change. For some clients, that means clarifying race goals and training history. For others, it means untangling stress, uncertainty, or a sense of being stuck. Often, it is both.
This first step is about listening, asking thoughtful questions, and building a clear picture of the problem you are actually trying to solve.
From there, we design for real life.
Training and growth do not happen in controlled environments. They happen before sunrise, after long workdays, between family responsibilities, inside limited schedules, and under real pressure.
Instead of forcing people into idealized systems, we build plans and strategies that fit the environment you live in. That might mean shaping a training season around your work hours, your access to space, or your energy levels. It might mean designing habits and decisions that hold up inside demanding professional or personal circumstances.
The goal is not perfection. The goal is something sustainable, understandable, and repeatable.
As progress takes shape, the work changes.
Plans are adjusted. Goals are refined. Setbacks are interpreted. Patterns become visible. Over time, the focus shifts from simply following a system to understanding it.
We teach why things work, not just what to do.
Whether the context is running or life, the aim is the same. To help you recognize what is within your control, respond clearly to what is not, and make decisions with intention instead of reaction.
The long-term goal is not dependence.
It is competence, clarity, and confidence.
We want clients to leave not just stronger or more successful, but better equipped to think, adapt, and problem-solve on their own. No longer guessing. No longer stuck in autopilot. No longer fighting the same patterns.
Just moving forward with perspective and purpose.
The Renewal Method
Step 1
Understand the Person
Listen before building
We start by learning who you are, where you are now, and what you want to change, whether in training or in life.
Step 2
Design for Real Life
Build inside your reality
We create plans and strategies that fit your schedule, stress, environment, and responsibilities, not ideal conditions.
Step 3
Build Capability
Teach, don’t create dependence
We help you understand why things work so you can adapt, problem-solve, and move forward with clarity on your own
Experience & Credentials
Experience
Over 20 years coaching in endurance sport and performance development
Worked with youth, high school, collegiate, and professional athletes
Performance coaching clients include engineers, business owners, and working professionals
Education
Master’s degree in Human Performance & Kinesiology
Advanced study in physiology, stress adaptation, and performance psychology
Certifications
USATF Level 3 – Endurance
USATF Level 2 – Multi-Events
USTFCCCA – Endurance, Sports Psychology, Head Coaching
International Coaching Federation (ACC)
Positive Intelligence Certified
Our Values
We believe meaningful progress begins with reflection.
Talent matters, but it is not the foundation of growth. The work goes best with people who are willing to look honestly at themselves, question their assumptions, and stay curious about how they can improve.
We believe effort alone is not wisdom.
Most people try to change by working harder with the same strategies. Real growth begins when someone slows down, steps back, and is willing to see the larger system they are operating inside. Perspective creates options. Brute force usually does not.
We believe sustainable performance takes time.
Growth is rarely linear. Setbacks are not failures. They are information. Progress is built through patience, consistency, and learning, not urgency or pressure.
We believe people are not broken.
When someone is struggling, we do not see a lack of intelligence or discipline. We see someone using survival strategies that once made sense but no longer serve them. Being stuck is not a flaw. It is a signal that something in the system needs to change.
And above all, we believe the person matters more than the outcome.
At the end of our work together, we care more about who you become than what you achieve.
What We Do
Our work spans endurance sport and personal performance. Clients come to us for different reasons, but the approach remains the same: human-centered coaching, grounded in real life, built for sustainable progress.
Programs
Coaching Programs Designed for Real Life
Adult Distance Running
Coaching
Youth & High School
Athlete Support
Development-focused coaching for young runners that complements school programs and supports confidence, long-term growth, and healthy progression in the sport.
Coach Development &
Mentorship
Professional support for high school and college coaches who want to move beyond piecemeal approaches and develop the structure, systems, and leadership
required to build sustainable teams.
Performance
Coaching
Human-centered coaching for people navigating transition, uncertainty, or important decisions who want clearer direction and better tools for sustained progress.
Take the First Step Toward Renewal
If you’re ready to move forward with clarity, structure, and purpose, book your consultation today.