About
Meet Coach Jolin
I've been running for 8+ years, with a 5K PR under 17 minutes, and I hold a coaching authorization for middle and high school athletics. I started Jolin Running because I remember what it's like to be a young runner without a plan built for you specifically — every athlete here gets one, written by hand.
- ✓ Custom plans — no templates, no copy-paste seasons
- ✓ Cross country & track distance events
- ✓ Run logging & feedback through your own portal
- ✓ Weekly or monthly plan options to fit your budget
Set up for success, not sidelined by injury
My first goal for any athlete I coach is to keep them healthy. A plan that pushes too hard, too fast is the fastest way to end a season early — so every plan I write builds in the easy days, the recovery, and the gradual progression that keeps your runner training consistently instead of sitting on the sidelines. The athlete who stays healthy all season beats the one who trains the hardest for two weeks and then gets hurt. Long-term progress comes from staying in it, not from doing too much too soon.
The plan takes away the guesswork — not the work
A training plan doesn't run the miles for your athlete. Writing one takes away the guesswork — what to run, how hard, and when to rest — but showing up and putting in the work is still on them. I can build the smartest plan in the world; it only works if it actually gets run. What I bring is the structure and the accountability to make sure the effort they're already putting in isn't wasted on the wrong workouts.
My running story
I've been running for 8+ years, and I've put up some good times of my own along the way. But some of the best things I know about training didn't come from my own races — they came from years of running alongside and against genuinely great competition, teammates and rivals both, and picking up something from nearly every one of them.
When I stepped back from competitive racing, coaching is exactly where I wanted to go next. Helping other runners build their own training has turned into the most fun I've had with this sport since I "retired" — and everything I picked up from teammates and competitors over the years now goes into every plan I write.
Still racing, still learning
I'm not done chasing my own goals — I still run and compete locally, working toward new marks of my own. That matters for your athlete too: it means the training behind their plan isn't frozen from whenever I stopped racing. I'm still testing things in my own training as I push toward what's next, keeping what actually works and dropping what doesn't, so what I hand your athlete reflects what's working right now — not just what worked years ago.