Steve Hobbs

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“I founded The Milestone Pursuit after a long career in media and advertising to combine my passions for sport and for coaching people. I believe in the mutually beneficial co-existence of sporting excellence and sport for all and think that running is unique in how elites can inspire beginners AND vice versa. My coaching philosophy is built on the belief that people are both unique and capable of doing extraordinary things.

The pinnacle (to date!) of my own running career with Victoria Park Harriers and Tower Hamlets AC, where I also Coach, includes a 2h 30 (and a bit, grrrr) Marathon and completing the legendary Comrades (Ultra) Marathon inside the top 100. My highlights as a coach are in helping hundreds of people to marathon success, from elites to beginners.

Mandy Dohren

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“I joined The Milestone Pursuit in 2020 having been interested in becoming a professional coach for some time. I also work for myself as a designer and among many other projects I’ve worked on, I designed the imagery on this site. I am a qualified British Athletics Running Coach and have a strong track record in performance myself. With PBs of 2h 52 in the marathon and 1h 24 in the half (see here for more), I have experience as an athlete that I like to bring to my coaching.

From Lancashire, but now living in East London, running has always been important to me beyond performance, and I really enjoy helping others no matter what stage of their running journey they are at”

Ewan Cameron

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After a long period in the running wilderness (in which I spent time as a diving (not driving) instructor and a world champion at some random sport in the middle east), I returned to the sport in 2016, running the Edinburgh Marathon in 3h 26, and have then embarked upon a personal journey to be the best I could possibly be.

Working with Steve as my coach, I ran a succession of marathon PBs, always looking to build and develop what we did before, with the latest one in Dec 2020 of 2h 19m 17s. In that time, I enjoyed plotting my own progress so much I also developed my coaching skills as British Athletics running coach and have been working as a coach with The Milestone Pursuit since 2019.

In my coaching, I believe in the untapped potential of people of all ages, and being a bit of a data geek, I often find myself delving deep into my athlete’s data set, and I am fully versed in the use of Power as a training and racing data set that can drive improved performance.

I grew up in Kent, where I showed some promise in the sport, before then spending my 20s and 30s in various locations around the world. I settled in East London for a while, but I am now based in Edinburgh, where I am enjoying lots of out and back long run along the beautiful but blustery coastline”