Four years ago I wasn't a runner. Today I run long distances in the Alps, not fast, and I don't care about fast. I care about doing this for the rest of my life. And I can teach you to do the same.
Four years ago, I'd have called this impossible.
I'm a Finn in the Bavarian Alps who learned to run late, and found a whole life in it.
I'm 48. I live in Weilheim in Oberbayern, in southern Germany, minutes from some of the most beginner-friendly alpine terrain there is. I started running at 44, properly, for the first time in my life, and it quietly took over in the best way.
I'm not fast and I've made peace with that. What I care about is being able to run long, in the mountains, for the rest of my life. Along the way I read a lot, tested a lot, got a few things wrong, and learned what actually keeps a late starter healthy and out the door.
I make trail running films at I'll Go for a Run, and I build tools for runners: vertmatch.run, openterrain.eu and indoorbike.app. Coaching is the part where I get to do the thing I most want to do: help someone else feel what I felt when it finally clicked.
That's the gist. The longer story (the false starts, the first race, why the trails, what changed) is coming soon, with the photos to go with it.
Late start, not gifted, scared of getting hurt at first. I went from zero toward the long stuff, so I know the doubts, because I had every one of them.
Years spent on the science of endurance, longevity and habit, and cutting through the supplement-industry hype. I'll tell you what matters and what to ignore.
I train in the Bavarian Alps and I'm an active member of the DAV Weilheim. Beautiful, beginner-friendly terrain on my doorstep, and a real community behind it.
If my path sounds like the one you'd like to walk, let's talk. The first conversation is free.
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