Kari Elliott
Personalized Coaching for Runners
A Personalized Plan
Individualization
The internet is full of training plans and advice, but those plans very often fail to incorporate one important piece: you, the runner. Coach Kari is a certified, professional NCAA coach, and will take the time to learn about your story -- your goals, your experiences and race targets, and your training responses and injury concerns -- not just at the start, but all along the way, so that she can tailor a science-based, podium-proven pathway to you achieving the success that you want to achieve, whether as a developing runner or a podium challenger.
The Coach Kari Plan
For $50 per month, Coach Kari will provide an initial assessment phone call to learn about your story and goals, and to build an initial training plan. Each month, Coach Kari will customize and adjust your plan in response to your annual periodization and current training responses. She will give prep and feedback regarding race day strategies and long term calendar planning. And all along the way you will have access to professional coaching advice or recommendations via email.
About Kari
Coach Kari grew up in Calgary, but received her B.A. in English from Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi, where she was a dual sport scholarship athlete in tennis and cross-country running, and her M.Ed. with a focus in coaching studies at the University of Victoria in W. Canada. In 2009, Coach Kari and her husband, along with their two small children, moved to Indonesia to serve in education and sport development with the Alliance Church for almost five years. Kari moved with her family to Red Deer in 2015, where she was for six years the head coach of the Kings and Queens Cross-Country and Track program, coaching her athletes to numerous individual and team podiums at both the Conference and National level, as well as earning multiple ACAC Coach of the Year honours. Kari is currently coaching in the NCAA as the head coach of the Agnes Scott College Scotties XC team in Decatur, Georgia.
Notable Achievements
~ Marathon wins in Kelowna, Mississippi, Edmonton, and Red Deer; podium finishes in Europe, N. America, and Asia.
~ Master's of Education in Coaching from University of Victoria
~ Three-time ACAC Coach of the Year
~ NCCP Level II Club Coach Certification // Level III Performance Coach Training Complete
~ Former Alberta Sport Development Council Board Member
~ Proud mom of two fabulous teenaged student-athletes
