Private running coaching around Lake Geneva
Book a running session with a coach we arrange for you. Technique, pacing, hills, or preparation for a specific race.
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.
Towns
Running coaching by town
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Lausanne Lake to hillside, Ouchy to Chalet-à-Gobet. from CHF 100
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Geneva Lakeside parks, international crowd, cross-border reach. from CHF 100
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Nyon Between the two cities, with the vineyards behind. from CHF 100
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Morges Quiet lakeside, family bookings, easy logistics. from CHF 100
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Vevey Market town on the water, terraces above. from CHF 100
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Montreux Riviera microclimate, mild winters, mountains behind. from CHF 100
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Fribourg Bilingual, medieval, and built on a gorge. from CHF 100
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Neuchâtel Yellow stone above the lake, Jura behind. from CHF 100
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Sion The driest, sunniest corner of Switzerland. from CHF 100
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Yverdon-les-Bains Flat, thermal, and the quietest place to train. from CHF 100
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Delémont The Jura proper, and almost nobody on the roads. from CHF 100
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Zurich Lake, river and the Uetliberg, all inside the city. from CHF 100
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Bern A river loop, a sandstone old town, the Alps on the horizon. from CHF 100
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Basel Three countries, one river, and a very flat city. from CHF 100
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Lucerne A lake with fjord geometry and mountains straight out of it. from CHF 100
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Zug A small lake, a low mountain, and unusual amounts of free time. from CHF 100
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Winterthur Forest on every side, and space to actually train. from CHF 100
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St. Gallen High, green, and closer to the Alpstein than people realise. from CHF 100
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Biel/Bienne The most bilingual town in the country, on its own lake. from CHF 100
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Thun Where the Bernese lowlands stop and the Oberland begins. from CHF 100
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Aarau Painted gables, a river, and the flattest riding in Switzerland. from CHF 100
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Solothurn A baroque town under the Weissenstein. from CHF 100
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Schaffhausen The Rhine Falls, and a river that behaves like a lake. from CHF 100
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Chur The oldest town in Switzerland, with the Alps on every side. from CHF 100
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Lugano Mediterranean light, Alpine gradient, Italian pace. from CHF 100
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Locarno The lowest point in Switzerland, and the sunniest. from CHF 100
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Bellinzona Three castles, one valley, and the gate to the south. from CHF 100
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Verbier Freeride country, above the Bagnes valley. from CHF 100
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Villars-sur-Ollon A balcony above the Rhône, facing the Dents du Midi. from CHF 100
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Zermatt Car-free, very high, and under the most photographed mountain in Europe. from CHF 100
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St. Moritz High-altitude sunshine and the oldest winter resort there is. from CHF 100
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Davos Europe's highest town, built for endurance sport. from CHF 100
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Crans-Montana A sun terrace facing the Valais Alps. from CHF 100
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Interlaken Between two lakes, under three famous mountains. from CHF 100
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Grindelwald Directly under the Eiger north face. from CHF 100
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Gstaad Chalets, high pastures, and a very long season. from CHF 100
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.