This program includes the best video and training materials that coach Floris has ever created, only available here. Floris gives you an inside look to optimize your performance, not just in running, but in many other areas of your life.

This course walks you through the decision-making process behind each workout in each training schedule, so you know how to apply it to your training in a way that feels right for you.

Get direct access to coach Floris Gierman and other coaches, to help answer any questions and troubleshoot challenges in training, racing and life. Talk live face to face in our weekly Zoom coaching calls with our coaches and other community members. Interact daily in our Facebook and Strava community with other runners just like you!

This course is focused on running most workouts at a low heart rate, with some added higher intensity workouts, drills, cross training and strength training integrated. Many traditional running coaching programs prescribe certain paces for each run. The workouts during this program are more flexible and customizable to day to day life stress, current fitness and health profiles, available time to train. No need to kill yourself in training with many high intensity workouts to reach your goal. This video course teaches you a more enjoyable approach with a very high success rate for thousands of athletes worldwide.

This program guides you through the practical steps of creating an effective training schedule specific for you, how to set yourself up for consistent injury free training, how to go into race day with a confident strategy, and so much more.

Excellent question! YouTube and Google have thousands of free resources to help you start with running, so if you are strapped for cash, it's a great place to start!

With the Personal Best Program, you don't have to sort through all the information on your own. It's all the steps you need to start and grow, in the right order. So instead of spending your precious time consuming endless free videos, you can follow a proven, structured program that guides you every step of the way.

I am showing the exact behind the scenes insights on every aspect to optimize your training, racing and life. 20+ hours of my best content, uniquely developed training schedules based on heart rate and workbooks you won't find anywhere for free.

On top of that, you do get access to a highly engaged community of like-minded athletes + troubleshoot any challenges with coach Floris and other PB coaches.

Real talk? No, you don’t need this. Plenty of runners have successfully improved their running through trial & error – including me!

But if you’re looking to save time by learning from my mistakes, skip the overwhelm, and avoid being distracted by the shiny objects you’re bound to come across – then this is for you. 

I wish this course was available when I started my running journey many years ago because it would have set me up for success and fast-tracked my progress.

Right away! All course videos and training schedules are available right after purchase plus you can immediately request access to the Personal Best Facebook Group + Strava group. This course comes with lifetime access to all training materials. 

Our training schedules are very flexible and editable. You can easily adjust your training schedule based on your specific race date. 

This program comes with 5 base building schedules and 18 race specific schedules. Specific breakdown below. 

The 5 base building schedules are: 

• 1.5 to 3 hours per week
• 2 to 4 hours per week
• 3 to 6 hours per week
• 4 to 8 hours per week
• 5 to 10 hours per week

The race specific schedules: 

• 5k schedule = 8 weeks
  • beginner 
  • intermediate 
  • advanced 
• 10k schedule = 8 weeks
  • beginner
  • intermediate 
  • advanced 
• half marathon schedules = 12 weeks
  • beginner 
  • intermediate 
  • advanced 
• marathon schedules = 18 weeks
  • goal finish marathon 
  • goal sub 5 hour marathon 
  • goal sub 4 hour marathon 
  • goal sub 3:30 marathon 
  • goal sub 3 hour marathon 
• 50k schedule = 18 weeks
  
  • goal finish well 
• 50 mile schedule = 18 weeks
  • goal finish well 
• 100k schedule = 18 weeks
  • goal finish well 
• 100 mile schedule = 18 weeks
  • goal finish well 

The Personal Best Program is broken into 10 modules with 14 hours of core content and 10 hours of additional content and bonuses. 

You also get a 19 page companion workbook full of content and exercises to complete as you progress through the course.

No worries! We understand life can get pretty chaotic, which is why we created this to be a go-at-your-own pace course.

You can binge watch all the lessons on the first day, do 1 module a month, or take 3 months if you need! You’ll also have lifetime access to this course, so you can revisit it when you are ready to tackle the course in your own time.

The Personal Best Program is the only training program that I offer. 

This program has my best video content and training schedules that are not available anywhere else. 

This is also the only way to have live coaching calls with me inside the PB community, as well as ask questions in our PB Facebook and Strava community. 

The Personal Best Program comes with lifetime access to all course materials (course videos, transcripts, workbook and training schedules). You also get lifetime access to the Personal Best private community on Facebook and Strava. The cost for the Personal Best Program is a one time payment of $349 USD (or $35 USD per month for 12 payments). 

Each new member of the PB Program also receives at least 12 months free access to our weekly PB Coaching calls. These are live group Q&A calls on Zoom, twice a week for 1 hour. Here coach Floris and others answer any questions you may have and you meet other members in our program. There will also be occasional guest speakers and Extramilest podcast guests to share their experiences. 

We guarantee that we will keep doing Zoom coaching calls for at least 12 months after your purchase. There is no additional fee after 12 months to keep attending our Zoom calls. For example our earliest program members have been able to attend all Zoom coaching calls over 3+ years and they can keep attending these calls as long as we keep doing them. So we guarantee at least 100 hours of Zoom coaching calls with Floris Gierman, however this will probably be (many) more hours than that. 

The program will include a flexible base building period of 3 months, depending on progress can be longer. After the aerobic base building period has been completed, there are race specific schedules based on your fitness level, experience and race goals.

These are editable worksheets, so I’ll provide the template, then athletes can move the workouts around and adjust frequency and duration based on available time to train, stress levels, fitness levels and fatigue levels. Workouts are mostly in time (minutes), not distance (miles / km).

I fully agree that each athlete should learn to listen to their body and adjust training plans accordingly to stress levels and life circumstances. I do however see that many athletes can experience from specific training plan templates that can be modified to fit in their specific situation, based on available time, stress levels, race goals, fitness levels, etc. Combining this with the right mindset and clear race strategies based on HR and pace, and you have a strong formula for success.

I’ve tried my best to include both imperial and metric measuring systems for measurements, so paces and distances are described most of the time in miles and kilometers.

To be honest, no. Running a Personal Best in a race requires some luck with things lining up for you and race day weather conditions. But I believe we all play with the cards we’re dealt, and with the right training framework and racing strategies, we can give ourselves every advantage to increase chances to reach our goals.

Every training cycle and race teaches us something new. Even if we don’t reach our race goal first try, it will help us grow as a stronger, healthier, happier athlete. When you have an open mind, train consistent and patiently, this course can absolutely help improve your chances to reach your goals.

If you find you’re not feeling more confident about your training and racing, or you are not satisfied with the course, that’s where the 60 Day Product Guarantee comes in. Email my team here: [email protected], show me you did the exercises, and we’ll give you all your money back.

You don’t need to blow money on fancy gadgets and gear to make the most out of this course. All you need is a GPS running watch, a heart rate monitor chest strap for the most accurate heart rate reading, and the courage to try new things.

Our PB members are located around the world in different time zones. Our Zoom calls are typically 9:30am Los Angeles Time and the other day is noon or 4pm Los Angeles Time.

We rotate days and times to facilitate as many time zones as possible. Replays are always available within 24-72 hours with the topics discussed. We have an archive of hundreds of calls and topics you get access to.

The Zoom coaching calls are an opportunity to ask Floris Gierman live questions. Occasionally other PB program coaches and Extramilest podcast guests join to help answer questions. The amount of people per Zoom is different each time, but everyone gets an opportunity to ask their questions ahead of time and during the call.

Awesome! Send them over to my team at [email protected] and we’ll get back to you ASAP.