Zizz · distance coaching · remote from Salt Lake City

I couldn't run a mile.
Now I run marathons with ease.

I'm Anthony. I was 60 pounds overweight and couldn't finish a mile. Now I run marathons and coach adults who started late and want a real result, not a schedule from an app.

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Get dialed. Marathon · half · first race to sub-3 · adult-onset runners

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215 lbWhere I started, at 5'7"
0.87 miMy first run. Didn't finish the mile.
3:12Debut marathon
23K+Runners following along
Anthony at around 215 pounds, before he started running

The story

I was the slow kid.

I grew up overweight. At my heaviest I was 215 pounds at 5'7", the slowest one on every field I ever played on, and I believed what that felt like: that my genetics were bad and I was built to be heavy. Running a mile wasn't a goal. It wasn't even a thought.

I dropped 60 pounds and got into lifting, and I looked like someone in shape. I wasn't. A flight of stairs still had me breathing hard. Lifting fixed how I looked; it didn't touch the engine.

Then one afternoon I was watching the Boston Marathon on TV and couldn't get past one question: how are these people running that fast, for that long?

The next morning I went out to run a mile. Eleven-minute pace, heart rate pushing 190, and I stopped at 0.87. I didn't finish it. I was also hooked. I ran the next day, and the day after that, and I didn't stop. A first half marathon. Then I hired a coach, went all in, and decided to find out how fast I could actually run a marathon.

The answer so far is 3:12, and I'm not done. But somewhere in there the goal changed. Now it's helping people who started where I started get there faster than I did, without the two years of guessing.

Client results

Real people. Real splits.

Every number here came off a client's watch.

Devin C. First marathon · 3-month block
Never a runner→3:19

Not a runner before this block. Three months to train, moderate mileage, nailed every workout, and felt fresh the whole way through to a 3:19 debut.

Melissa G. 5K · 8 weeks
23:45→22:17

A minute and a half off her 5K in eight weeks of structured work, around a full-time job.

All client results →

Zizz coaching

Two ways into the Lab.

Both run on the same method: slow easy days, data over feelings, strength that transfers, fuel the work. The difference is how close I am.

Zizz · 1-on-1
Full accesspricing on the call
  • Weekly call with me to review the data and adjust the plan
  • Training block that adapts to how you actually ran, not how you were supposed to
  • Strength programming that transfers to running (2×/week, 15–30 min)
  • Fueling, sleep, and recovery dialed in, not left to you
  • Message me any time. Cut a workout? Tell me. Sick? Tell me. I adjust that day.

For runners chasing a specific time with a date on it. Limited spots so I can actually pay attention.

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Zizz · Plan
Start todaymonth to month, cancel any time
  • Custom training block built for your race, delivered in the app
  • Every week's workouts with paces and heart-rate targets
  • Message me whenever. I adjust the plan as you go
  • First two weeks I'm watching every run
  • Cancel any time

For self-driven runners who want real structure without the weekly call.

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Not sure it fits? Apply first and I'll tell you honestly.

How it works

Apply, talk, run.

STEP 1

Apply

Three minutes. Tell me what you're training for and what keeps getting in the way. I read every one.

STEP 2

Quick call

Fifteen minutes. I look at where you are, tell you honestly which option fits, and what week one would look like.

STEP 3

Week one in the app

Your plan is in the app within 24 hours of saying yes. You run. I watch. We adjust.

Free

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Guide · DM me “PLAYBOOK”

The Running Fuel Guide

What to eat before, during and after every kind of run, by your body weight. Why most runners are under-fueled and slower for it.

 Guide · DM me “RECOVERY”

The Recovery Bible

Sleep, easy days, mobility and the stuff between workouts that decides whether the workouts work.

 Guide · DM me “STRENGTHPLAN”

Strength Training for Runners

The lifts that make you faster and keep you healthy, how to fit them around running, and what to skip.

You already know what you want to run.

You just need the plan to be built around you and someone paying attention. That's the whole offer.

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