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Run on Dirt Coaching

Conquer Mountains
Get Dirt(y) Fun
Exceed Your Expectations

The Run on Dirt Coaches train you to run up mountains, regardless of your starting point. Whether your adventure is your first trail ultramarathon, a self-supported mountain adventure adventure, or a half marathon PR, push past your impossible with Run on Dirt Coaching.

Explore Our Coaching Approach

Do I really need a trail running coach?

If you want to improve and aren't quite sure how to get there, then yes. If you’re ready to bring your performance to the next level, then yes. If you’re hungry for knowledge, then yes. Any runner can benefit from a coach. A coach will help elevate your running level, be your unwavering cheerleader, sounding board, and creator of new things to keep trail running fun.

Learn more about the benefits of a coach

Personalized Trail Running Training and Race Preparation

Run on Dirt Coaching is based in Truckee/North Lake Tahoe, California,
but we work with trail runners everywhere

Training Plans


Customized training

In-Person Sessions


Run with a Coach

Guided Runs

Group Clinics

Consultations


Fine-tune your program

Strength Training

Trail, Track & Snowshoe Running in Truckee-Tahoe

Run on Dirt

You don't have to run as fast as the Coaches to share their love for the trails. Whether you are a regular visitor to the Truckee-Tahoe area, a first-time guest, or just looking for something new, treat yourself to a personal guided tour of the best our region has to offer.

Schedule a guided trail run

Run for Speed

Join Peter, Adam, Mike, and the Donner Party Mountain Runners every Tuesday morning at speed sessions on track & trails in Truckee, California. These free club runs are open to the public and designed to help runners of all paces push harder and run faster, in a friendly, welcoming group setting.

Free group runs

Run on Snow

Peter is a passionate and accomplished snowshoe runner. He won the 2009 National Snowshoe Campionships and placed 6th in the 2010 World Championships. Now offering snowshoe running clinics and guided Truckee-Tahoe snowshoe runs.

More about snowshoe running

Prepare to Get Faster

Do your best to try and keep up with him on the trail and glean some of his insight, or bring him onto your team as a coach - and prepare to get faster.

Chris Cloyd
General Manager
Performance Training Center by Julia Mancuso

Run on Dirt :: Coaching by Peter Fain
2015-06-16T04:56:05-07:00

Chris Cloyd
General Manager
Performance Training Center by Julia Mancuso

Do your best to try and keep up with him on the trail and glean some of his insight, or bring him onto your team as a coach - and prepare to get faster.

Tangible Results

With his [Peter's] help I took almost 45 minutes off my previous finishing time at Lake Sonoma 50 Mile and three weeks later placed second (behind him) and four minutes under the previous course record at the Canyons 50k.

Skip Crockett
Regional Intelligence Director
Department of Homeland Security

Run on Dirt :: Coaching by Peter Fain
2015-06-16T05:00:24-07:00

Skip Crockett
Regional Intelligence Director
Department of Homeland Security

With his [Peter's] help I took almost 45 minutes off my previous finishing time at Lake Sonoma 50 Mile and three weeks later placed second (behind him) and four minutes under the previous course record at the Canyons 50k.

Run with Peter

The opportunity to actually run with Peter and get feedback on form, cadence, pace, etc. has been invaluable and something that cannot be replicated through remote training plans.

Jeff Brown

Run on Dirt :: Coaching by Peter Fain
2015-06-17T12:09:23-07:00

Jeff Brown

The opportunity to actually run with Peter and get feedback on form, cadence, pace, etc. has been invaluable and something that cannot be replicated through remote training plans.

Confidence in my abilities

I’ve never much considered myself an athlete, especially with running. Working with Coach Fain, I developed the strength, technique and endurance that allows me to run with the confidence I didn’t think I could ever achieve through running. Thank you Peter for showing me that my abilities are limitless and I am very much the athlete you believe I am.

Sean Flanagan

Run on Dirt :: Coaching by Peter Fain
2016-06-09T19:37:00-07:00

Sean Flanagan

I’ve never much considered myself an athlete, especially with running. Working with Coach Fain, I developed the strength, technique and endurance that allows me to run with the confidence I didn’t think I could ever achieve through running. Thank you Peter for showing me that my abilities are limitless and I am very much the athlete you believe I am.

Fitter and faster

I am fitter, faster, and have more fun trail running since working with Peter. His training plan is perfectly tailored to my needs, but I derive the most benefit from our one-on-one sessions, where he motivates and cues me in just the right ways to improve.

Helen Pelster

Run on Dirt :: Coaching by Peter Fain
2015-06-08T20:54:42-07:00

Helen Pelster

I am fitter, faster, and have more fun trail running since working with Peter. His training plan is perfectly tailored to my needs, but I derive the most benefit from our one-on-one sessions, where he motivates and cues me in just the right ways to improve.

Positive & Motivational

Over the past two seasons of running I have been lucky enough to work with Peter Fain. He has constantly pushed my limits and by doing so he has continually helped me expand my limits. Always positive and always motivational.

Pete Broomhall

Run on Dirt :: Coaching by Peter Fain
2015-06-16T05:06:14-07:00

Pete Broomhall

Over the past two seasons of running I have been lucky enough to work with Peter Fain. He has constantly pushed my limits and by doing so he has continually helped me expand my limits. Always positive and always motivational.
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