Why a Coach
What We Offer
Our Philosophy
Coaching for road and trail runners of all distances.
Training plan through Google Sheets, including:
- Long term, multi-season planning
- Weekly scheduling, including prescribed easy, long and workout runs and strength training
- Race nutrition guidance
- Gear and fastpacking guidance
- Weekly office hours
- Private Bean Sprout community (Slack and Strava)
- Vendor discounts on brands I partner with
A good coach is both a guide and a mentor. A coach is a thought partner in your running practice, helping you train more efficiently and avoid pitfalls in training and racing. A coach will offer structure and expertise. Many athletes struggle with how and why to write workouts and how often to go hard or easy.
Read this article on coaching by one of my athletes:
Running is a powerful life pursuit.
I believe that balance and quality running sessions are essential to the development of athletes running at all distances and on all terrains
I believe that running consistency and intentionality will triumph over a ‘more is more’ approach.
I believe that we are humans first, athletes seconds. Even for those performing at an elite level. Happy, healthy athletes are fast athletes
In 2025, I'm organizing a July 7-11 Youth Trail Camp near Mt Rainier with Max King for Middle & High Schoolers.
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he Bean Sprouts are the collective group of athletes that I coach. They are ultra junkies, first time marathoners, road runners, multi-day …
Bean Sprout Coaching is owned and operated by Coach Joe. Coach Michael is a training partner and friend of Joe, but isn’t affiliated with Bean Sprout Coaching.
Info below includes their background and pricing.
Coach Michael Eaton
Background
- Avid birder with a life list count of over 700 species.
- From Kentucky, lives in Seattle, MA
- Road and mountain runner specializing in road races, marathons and mountain running
- BS in Health and Human Performance with a focus in Exercise Science from the University of Louisville
- Store Manager of the Brooks Trailhead Store with 13 years of running industry experience
- 10 years of private and 2 years of college coaching experience
- Once beat a 1500m World Medalist in a beer mile.
Running
18 trail races finishes, focusing on sub-ultra to 100k
2xNCAA Division I All-American at 10,000m
3xOlympic Marathon Trials Qualifier 2012, 2016, 2020
Pricing
Standard monthly coaching plan: $200 per month
- Regular phone checkins (every 1-2 weeks)
- Unlimited e-mails/texts
Basic monthly coaching plan: $150 per month
- Quarterly phone call (every ~3 months)
- Unlimited e-mails/texts
Hour of Power Consult: $80 per hour
- Video call consult on a topic of your choice. Training, race strategy, etc.
Coach Joe McConaughy
Background
- Tea lover, Aussie owner, backpacking guide
- Seattle, WA
- Ultra athlete specializing in 50 mile to multi-day races
- Professional trail runner
- Brooks Trail Team Coach
- 7 years private coaching experience
- Founder of All In Trail Collective
- More about me here
Running
21 ultramarathon finishes at distances from 50k-250 miles
1st at Cocodona 250 miler, x2 CCC at UTMB finisher, 12:53 track 100 mile
Fastest Known Times on the Pacific Crest Trail, Appalachian Trail, Long Trail, John Muir Trail, Arizona Trail and Wicklow Round
Former NCAA Division 1 track and cross country runner
Pricing
Standard monthly coaching plan: $240 per month
- Regular phone checkins (every 1-2 weeks)
- Unlimited e-mails/texts
Basic monthly coaching plan: $180 per month
- Quarterly phone call (every ~3 months)
- Unlimited e-mails/texts
Hour of Power Consult: $100 per hour
- Video call consult on a topic of your choice. Training, race strategy, fastpacking advice, etc.