THE COACH
Hey there, my name is Stefan. Coaching for me is not a side hustle, this is my full-time job. I became a coach because I love the competition and camaraderie that the endurance community provides. You see, running is art. I've run 215km non-stop across valleys in Greece and many times found myself in the middle of nowhere running around Cyprus. With me, you don't have to worry about what to do and when, I spend most of my time reading up on the latest science and how it can be applied to my athletes. When I am not coaching runners or running myself, I partake in several high-adrenaline activities such as scuba diving and skiing!
COACHING PHILOSOPHY
Any training plan needs to take into consideration various elements and not just "I want to accomplish x race in x time." This is one of the reasons why preformatted programmes simply do not work. My philosophy when coaching an athlete of any level is focused on where they are today, not where they want to be (which many times is unrealistic because we have x weeks to train for that goal). Training, in my point of view, is simply a balance of providing specific physiological stressors at the right time while balancing that stimulus with enough recovery time. If this balance is not in symphony, adaptations do not occur efficiently, and we risk the possibility of injury and/or overtraining. At BFL, the specific sessions are not determined more than a week in advance, simply because training needs to be adaptive to the person and based on their life stress, health, and schedule! In summary, I always follow the athlete, not a training plan.
NOTABLE SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS
QUALIFICATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS
PERSONAL RUNNING RECORDS
