Advantage Ultrarunning Coach Certification
Advantage courses provide a hybrid approach to learning where course modules are drip fed on a weekly basis and discussed in a weekly live Zoom-session which includes instruction, mentoring and Q&A with the Expert Presenters
Regular Price $899.00 but Your Price is $699.00!
Session Begins 9/9/25 – Registration is open 8/15/25 through 9/9/25 – Space is Limited!
Learn More with This Live, Interactive Learning Opportunity!
What do you get when you combine our comprehensive, online Ultrarunning coach certification course into a weekly-dripped structured format, and add ten LIVE (via Zoom) weekly Instructional/Q&A sessions with Expert Presenter Faith Raymond? You get the UESCA Advantage Ultrarunning Coach Certification!
The Advantage program is perfect for those wanting a structured learning process to effectively stay on track and stay accountable, plus enjoy live (via Zoom) interaction for both course content Q&A and mentoring on a weekly basis.
We’ll keep you on track to complete the certification in 10 weeks (you are able to then take the final exam when you’re ready)!
Plus Bonus Time with Faith – After the ten weeks, you will continue to have email access to Faith Raymond to ask questions and receive mentoring support for an additional 30 days.
The Best of Both Worlds
If you love online learning but also love the ability to interact live with an instructor, then the Advantage Ultrarunning Coach Certification is for you! We’ve fused our current online running coach certification content with weekly live Q&A and mentoring sessions with renowned Ultrarunning Coach, Faith Raymond.
Comprehensive Content
We appreciate that to be a well-rounded coach, you must be well-educated. As such, we don’t hold anything back with respect to our robust content. We make sure everything is covered so you can effectively coach athletes and grow a robust successful coaching business.
How It Works and What You Get
Your Presenter – Coach Faith Raymond
Faith has been coaching since 2018 and while her target demographic is masters’ ultrarunners, she has athletes of all abilities on her roster. She has coached many runners to their first 5k, 10k, half marathon, marathon, and 50k, 50 mile, 100k, and 100 mile ultramarathons. She is also an ultrarunner herself, with several 100 mile finishes to her credit. Faith has worked with UESCA since 2020 and has assisted many coaches in launching their businesses and/or developing their coaching skills. She currently lives in Vermont with her husband and their two fur-babies.
The Full Schedule
Q&A Sessions are every Tuesday, 12:00 PM MST/2:00 PM EST and are recorded.
Note: You will receive access to the modules listed in each session one week prior to the below listed Live Q&A Session.
Week 1 Live Zoom Session is Tue 9/16: Brief recap of Homework modules, plus environmental physiology (mod 5), training benchmarks and analysis tools (mod 6)
Week 2 Live Zoom Session is Tue 9/23: Running Form and Biomechanics (mod 7)
Week 3 Live Zoom Session is Tue 9/30: Injury and Illness (mod 8)
Week 4 Live Zoom Session is Tue 10/7: Resistance Training (mod 9), Athlete Intake (mod 10), Goal Setting and Event Selection (mod 11)
Week 5 Live Zoom Session is Tue 10/14: Training Modalities (mod 12)
Week 6 Live Zoom Session is Tue 10/21: Training Structure (mod 13)
Week 7 Live Zoom Session is Tue 10/28: Program Development (mod 14)
Week 8 Live Zoom Session is Tue 11/4: Pacing (mod 15), Ultrarunning Psychology (mod 16)
Week 9 Live Zoom Session is Tue 11/11: Nutrition (mod 17), Safety (mod 18)
Week 10 Live Zoom Session is Tue 11/18: Shoes-Apparel-Gear (mod 19), Race Preparation and Race Day (mod 20)
What’s Included?
- 20 Drip-fed modules
- Weekly live Q&A sessions with Faith Raymond
- End of module quizzes
- Lifetime access to the full Online Course (and all future updates) where you’ll access your Practice and Final Exam
- Multimedia content
- Email support
- Frame-able Certified Coach certificate (upon passing)
- Access to our private Facebook Group for Coaches (upon passing)
- Access to our Benefit Partners (upon passing)
- Ability to join our coach affiliate program to earn commissions for referring others (upon passing)
What Will You Achieve?
- How to create effective, progressive and safe training programs
- Understand how the body functions regarding anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics
- Effective communication with athletes
- How environmental factors influence performance
- Understand running recovery modalities
- Establish appropriate goals for athletes
- Nutritional and hydration strategies
- Race selection process
- Putting together a race crew
- How to have your athletes execute on race day
- Understand how coaching an ultrarunner differs from that of a marathon runner
