“ Hey, sorry to bother you, are you the coach of…”

In all my years of coaching, I have received this email twice, and that's two times too many. Both instances were followed by very bad news—the kind of news no one ever wants to receive. In July of 2022, I received that message from the girlfriend of a guy I was coaching one-on-one for Marji Gesick. He had been hit by a truck and was in critical condition in the ICU.

I have intentionally waited until the dust has settled before writing about my first experience of the Marji Gesick. It’s easy to get swept up in the excitement of an event that takes us away from our usual routine, returning home with a beaming smile only to later dissect the experience and realize it wasn't all that great. I came home glowing, and I wanted to be certain about my feelings. So here I am, almost a month after the event.

As humans with a goal or purpose we like to know that we are making progress and moving in the right direction. To this end athletes and coaches have worked on developing the tools to quantify what we do and that we are indeed making progress. Over time this developed into an attempt to predict the future and tools such as the PMC (performance manager chart) were born.

Official Marji Gesick and TRAIN4LIFE 2025 Training Plans are now live on EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT UNTIL OCTOBER 13TH.

The new addition to our training plan family this year is TRAIN4LIFE. These plans are not race specific preparation plans and have been built for those who want a more balanced approach to overall health and fitness. Your first decision is TRAIN4LIFE <OR> MARJI GESICK. Please use this ROUTE MAP FIRST: