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Locarno

Running coach in Locarno

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

Running Locarno

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

Locarno

Running coach in Locarno

Locarno sits at 196 metres, the lowest elevation in the country, and records more sunshine hours than anywhere else in Switzerland. Combined with Lake Maggiore that produces genuinely southern conditions: palm trees, warm water into October, and outdoor sessions comfortable in months when Zurich is frozen.

The Verzasca and Maggia valleys behind the town give sharp, dramatic terrain within twenty minutes — good for climbing and for hill work, and completely different in character from the lakeside.

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 Locarno

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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