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Running coach in Bern

Book a running session with a coach we arrange for you. Technique, pacing, hills, or preparation for a specific race.

Running Bern

You don't choose a coach. Once your session is booked, we select an appropriate coach and confirm them with you by email.

Bern

Running coach in Bern

Bern is wrapped in a loop of the Aare, and the riverside path that follows it is the best continuous running and cycling surface in any Swiss city — flat, shaded, and long enough that you rarely repeat yourself. In summer the river itself becomes the swimming venue, which is the single most Bernese thing about training here.

The city is compact and unhurried, and sessions here are easier to schedule than in Zurich or Geneva. Coaches work in German and English, with French common given the proximity to the language border.

Running

What an hour of running coaching actually covers

Usually one of three things. Form — cadence, foot strike, what your arms are doing on a hill. Pacing — most recreational runners run every session at the same uncomfortable middle speed, and fixing that alone changes results. Or race preparation, where the session is built backwards from a date you have in the calendar.

Hills are not optional here

This is not flat country. Any route from the lake goes up, which means hill technique matters more here than it does for someone training in Amsterdam. It also means your coach will likely take you somewhere with a gradient whether or not you asked.

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Prices in Bern

SessionPaid
One person, 60 minutesCHF 100
One person, 90 minutesCHF 140

Prices are per session, not per person, and include your coach's time and equipment. Larger groups arranged individually — email us and tell us what you need.

Common questions

I am slow. Will I be able to keep up?

Your coach runs at your pace, not theirs. A coaching session is not a training run with someone fitter than you.

Do you write training plans?

A session can end with a plan for the next few weeks, and many do. Say when you book that this is what you want so your coach builds the hour around it.

What if it rains?

We run. If conditions are genuinely dangerous — ice, storm — your coach will contact you and we move the session at no cost.

Can I book with a friend?

Yes, if you run at roughly similar paces. Choose the 90-minute session so there is time for both of you.

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