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Ultra trail coaching from someone who notices
Most coaching hands you a plan and leaves you to it. Ultra trail coaching at this level gives you a coach who is in your training all week — watching what you actually ran, adjusting before it becomes a problem, and planning your whole race calendar rather than the next four weeks. You talk face to face every month.
Coached by real trail and ultra specialists. 130,000 athletes, 100+ countries.
Unlimited chat and email
Season-long planning
First trail race to 200 miles
What ultra trail coaching looks like at this level
01
A coach already in your training
Not waiting for you to ask. Your coach is in your plan through the week, watching what you actually ran and adjusting before it becomes a problem.
Unlimited chat and email. Reach them any time, no message caps.
02
A call every month
Video, face to face. Catch up on how it is really going, work through the specific things that are hard to type, and agree what the next stretch looks like.
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Your whole season, not one block
A calendar across every race you are pointing at, reshaped when a race moves, a body complains, or life gets loud.
Plus the rest of it: a one-to-one kick-off call to start, plans written for your goal and the terrain you can actually reach, and your sessions read through Garmin, Suunto, Coros, Apple and Strava.
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$99 a month. Cancel any month.
Each coach takes a limited number of athletes at this level, because a monthly call and a season plan take real time.
What it looks like when it works
Three athletes, three Vert coaches, three very different races.
"I had less than two months to train due to an injury, but thanks to Zeljko's plan I was ready and finished the Athens Marathon in 2:58:45."
Enrico Tesser — coached by Zeljko
"I was getting off an injury with 8 weeks to go. Steve helped me find out I had it in me. If you're chasing something that scares you a little, this is the right place to train."
Florian Bernodat — coached by Steve
"After a tough 110 km race in 2024, I finally enjoyed myself on the trail. Huge thanks to Vert.run and especially to Nico."
Stevens Poncet — coached by Nico
We match you. On purpose.
Left to a list, you would pick on a photo and a race result. We match on the things that decide whether this works: your distance, the terrain you can actually reach, your timezone, how much time your week really gives you — and which coach has the room to do the job properly rather than squeeze you in.
You meet them on your kick-off call before any training is written. If the fit is wrong, say so and we match you again.
Straight answer
Who this is actually for
Worth it if
- You race more than once a year and the calendar needs thinking about as a whole
- The race is big enough that you want someone properly in it with you
- Your week is complicated enough that a fixed plan never survives contact with it
Start somewhere else if
- You mainly need structure and training is going roughly to plan
- You are new to trail and still working out whether the sport is for you
We would rather tell you now than take your money and have you leave in six weeks.
"Vert.run has given structure and organization to my training, and especially has been great in helping me work on the details of trail running that I otherwise wouldn't think to train — like downhills." Santiago M., Premium
What you are actually paying for
Not more content. More of your coach's attention — time set aside for you every month, your training reviewed properly with you on the call, and a season planned rather than a block handed over. If racing is the thing you organise your year around, that difference is the whole point.
$99 a month
No contract, no minimum term. Each coach takes a limited number of athletes at this level, because a monthly call and a season plan take real time.
Not the right level yet? Start with VertCoaching — you can move up to Premium any time, and your coach stays the same.
Before you start
How is this different from a training plan?
A plan tells you what to do. Ultra trail coaching at this level means someone decides what you should do, watches what happened when you did it, and changes the next block accordingly — on a call, every month, with your data in front of both of you.
Is there a free trial?
No. You are matched with a real coach who sets aside time for you every month, so it starts when you start. VertPro, the plan and app on their own, does have a 7-day free trial.
Do I get to choose my coach?
We choose, and we tell you who and why before you train. Matching on distance, terrain, timezone and actual availability produces a better pairing than picking from bios — and it stops you landing with a coach who has no room for you.
You meet them on the kick-off call before anything is written. If it is not right, tell us and we match you again.
What if the coach isn't the right fit?
Tell us and we will match you with a different coach. It is a working relationship and sometimes the fit is wrong — worth fixing early rather than quietly putting up with. You can also cancel any month; there is no contract.
What if my race moves or I get injured?
That is most of what you are paying for. Message your coach and the season gets rebuilt around the new reality — not just the next four weeks.
One coach, in it with you all season
Matched to your race and your week. On a call with you every month. $99 a month, no contract.