RunDoyen Reviews 

Coach TJ has really transformed my running over the past 4 years. He has continually adapted to my likes and my schedule. I never imagined that I could be this fit at age 57, after running for 45 years. I’ve now set a goal to break 6 minutes in the mile at 60. I look forward to continuing to work with him for as long as possible!

Coach Jeff Messer has been amazing for my progress! Highly recommended.

Coach Carrie is an incredible coach and an even better human. I have been working with her since February of 2025. She strikes the perfect balance between challenging workouts and compassionate support, and somehow makes the hardest days feel achievable. Thanks to her thoughtful, adaptive coaching, I feel more prepared for marathon #7 than any of my other races—despite juggling two kids, a demanding on-call job, and countless hours on my feet. She’s understanding when life gets messy, offers smart advice for injury flare-ups, and truly makes you feel seen and supported every step of the way. I can’t recommend Coach Carrie and RunDoyen enough!

Rundoyen has been a very good experience so far. The training plan is tailored to my needs and my coach is making adjustments based on past performance. If there are any issues the owner is very helpful and can step in seamlessly to ensure any issues are addressed. Definitely would recommend using them for marathon training.

It wasn't great. I cycled through 2 coaches, neither of which truly coached or improved my running plan.

I've used RunDoyen to train for a number of different marathons. The coaches were all very knowledgeable and listened to any concerns I had. I always felt like I was ready to go when I got to the start line.

Working with such a knowledgeable and experienced coach has really improved my training.

Second season with Jurrie. I am running great injury free. I am 43 and going for PRs. I am very happy with the program.

The model is great. I enjoyed the coaching from Mark and I really found a new level to my running when I worked with him, including running the Boston marathon! Unfortunately he retired and I was placed with a new coach, Sean. I ran a half marathon and PRd. However, in working with him, I ended up with a hamstring injury. It took months for him to acknowledge my comments about it, and even then, my runs were not adjusted in a way that I felt addressed the injury. After eight months, I completed a second race under Sean. He seemed disengaged with me, unlike my husband, who was also training under him. Despite paying for the top tier, I never received a race plan. Days after the race, I realized I had seriously reinjured my hamstring. While I don’t expect a coach to be medically trained, the lack of acknowledgment and the overall lack of engagement caused me to end my training with Sean. I have found a new running coach who was able work with me on my goals and with my injury, and I just PRd in Chicago last weekend.

Working with Run Doyen and Coach TJ was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I’ve ran 3 Boston Qualifying times since running with Run Doyen. I truly believe my running successes come from the running plan that sets me up to achieve my goal. I recommend it to anyone that wants to achieve running goals and chase excellence.

Run Doyen was so great, I went from never running, to doing my first marathon. Simone Plourde is amazing, she was my coach for a year. I’ll definitely go back when I start training for another marathon.

Sean has been great! Enjoying the process.

I love working with Sean. He has given me a lot of feedback on my performance, adjusted my workouts accordingly, and pushed me to improve. I was training between 10 - 12 minut mile pace before. Already hitting low 8 minute pace for some of my training runs already. Highly recommend!

Very easy to communicate with coaches, they seem to really care about your progress!

Great coaching and training.

I love rundoyen so far and have had a wondeful experience with coach carrie. It allows me to not worry about planning runs or scheduling workouts and just focus on showing up everyday.

Jeff has been awesome as a coach. He gives reliable and tailored running plans each week and is constantly in contact with encouragement and feedback. Despite me having many years of running background and approaching 42 years old, he’s helped me continue to PR in distances ranging from the 5k to the marathon. I couldn’t ask for a better coach!

I have been working with Coach Tara for almost two years now, and she’s being amazing! I have achieved PRs in the 5k, 10k, and half marathon distances since working with her. She customizes the training so that it challenges me while making sure I stay healthy in the process. Coach Tara is thoughtful and motivating, and I have progressed a lot with her training while having fun doing it!

Well, the main thing is that my coach, Makena Morely, is amazing! She has a high level of personal experience as a professional athlete and highly talented. She also has a great quantity of experience with over a decade of competitive running. She is thoughtful, knowledgeable, very easy to talk and work with and has a lot of personal experience with the things I myself am going through as a competitive marathon runner. I could not be more pleased with how she has helped me become a better runner and hopefully reach my goals. I even consider her a friend at this point.

The best part about Makena is that I work WITH her on training and training plans. We talk back and forth about how things are going and where how I am reacting to her training advice. I don't have to just follow her coaching, I feel very comfortable giving her detailed feedback about how things are going and I can make minor adjustments if I think a workout is a little too easy, or a little too hard. So I feel empowered to have a lot of input into my training and not just follow a predefined script (I could get that from a book or online training plan). She is also a really nice person and we get along really well, which makes it more like a teammate than a coach. Someone I can bounce ideas off of and benefit from her knowledge and experience. I even share recipes with her and her boyfriend for running gels, energy drinks, hydration plans and food (like an awesome red beans and rice recipe I eat a lot).

She is always available by text and I keep her updated on how things are going frequently. The best part of my week is our weekly Zoom Meetings! I often joke that I wish there was a "Platinum" or "Diamond" level of coaching so I could meet with her more frequently, lol.

Run Doyen is really great for accessibility of coaching and the weekly zoom meeting scheduling is really great! You make if effortless to work with my coach and I couldn't be happier!

Thanks for helping facilitate my connecting and continuing to work with my coach, it's bee really great and we are coming up on our 1 year coaching anniversary in a few days. I hope to continue working with Makena for another 3 years to get me to my ultimate goals of Age Group World Championships by 2028.

Thanks again!

Justin

A good Coach sets you up for success. Coach Jeff has been absolutely fantastic to work with! He made this Marathon prep both manageable and enjoyable, and I am on track to PR. The sign up process was super easy to navigate.

Carrie is amazing. I’ve been with her 18 months and credit her with a lot of my progress and consistency in my races since we started working together.