At Ascent Running, coaching begins with understanding you: your physiology, training history, injury patterns, and behavioural tendencies. From there, we build a clear structure focused on improving your most limiting factors while keeping training sustainable and enjoyable.
Regular feedback, data-driven insights, and open communication keep you consistent.
We use proven endurance principles: threshold development, aerobic capacity building, smart periodisation, without losing the human side of coaching.
Every program is custom-built around your schedule, goals, and training history.
Because running success depends on more than blind adherence to training plans. It’s also about having fun, mentality, and alignment.
This is coaching for runners who want to take their training seriously and improve with intention.
Each of us has different strengths and weaknesses. In order to unlock new levels of performance you need to improve your most limiting variables. We start with a deep understanding of you: your physiology, psychology, and patterns. From there, we build a structure that supports your goals, and is aimed at improving the variables that matter most, while keeping your joy intact. We test it, see what works and what doesn’t and then we iterate. You’ll receive:
“Didier is a student of the game and passionate about running, performance and his clients' athletic journeys. Always up for a chat and a dive into anything from running packs and acclimatisation to calories and lactate threshold.”
“I approached Didier looking to get into mountain running while living in one of the world's flattest cities. His approach is incredibly flexible, personal and innovative. I’d highly recommend.”
“Didier has approached my training programme with a combination of rigour and accountability balanced with deep care and empathy for myself and his other clients. The growth I have experienced under Didier's coaching has blown my mind..”
