Welcome To East by West Distance

"I can’t say enough positive things about Rosa! As an experienced runner with my own ideas about how I wanted to train, I was ambivalent about getting a running coach before working with Rosa. However, I quickly came to find her guidance invaluable. She is flexible and understanding about structuring training around my work schedule and life stressors, and she is responsive to my input related to workouts, training volume, and recovery. Most importantly, Rosa encourages a healthy, fun approach to training and racing while still having high expectations of what I can accomplish as an athlete. Working with Rosa has given me the confidence to get after it in workouts and to set and achieve ambitious goals for my racing. Thank you, Rosa!"

"David has been coaching me since late 2018. In the past 18 months, I've improved my personal bests from 72:27 to 71:33 and 2:38:57 to 2:34:51 in the half and full marathon, respectively. Under his plans I've been able to build my mileage and workout intensity sustainably and injury-free, adding about 10 miles per week to my previous highs and completing workouts I didn't think were possible. I was accustomed to training with a team in high school and college and was skeptical that personal coaching would yield better results. I found that personally-tailored training plans have been extremely helpful in developing me as a better runner..."

"I’ve been working with Rosa for a year and a half and have been so happy with her style and process. She takes a holistic approach to coaching and does an amazing job looking at the big picture to assess my strengths, areas for improvement, and long term goals in order to then translate those into a personalized training program filled with workouts specifically targeted to help me reach those goals. She provides strategy at the workout level all the way up to long term plans, like mapping out races for a season..."

"When I began training for my half marathon a few years ago, I didn't know where to begin. David was able to work with me in developing a comprehensive training program and race strategy, all while completely remote! Prior to this training, I had never done a single running workout (tempos, hill work, fartleks, track work). David carefully walked through the workouts and detailed the benefits I would get from them. Nearly 4 years later (and many races since), I am working on training for my second marathon with David!"

"These days it seems like everyone who’s read a Jack Daniel’s training book and placed top 10 at a local 5k thinks they’re qualified to be a running coach. I’m sure those types of coaches are fine for some, but if you want to really unlock your potential as a runner, then Rosa is 100% your coach. Not only is she extremely knowledgeable about training in a way a book could never teach, she understands the (often overlooked) mental aspect of racing/training from her many years of top tier competition. I was a competitive high school and DIII runner and started working with Rosa after training consistently for well over a decade, yet she still has been able to coach me to new PRs in almost every distance between 800m and the marathon. Rosa is simply the BEST."

"...I've been fortunate to coach David and watch him develop into a wonderful athlete. Mostly what I enjoyed about working with David was watching him become a student of the sport and his remarkable work ethic. David has taken in all kinds of knowledge from his own training but also absorbed different training methods from around the country by reading so many books, following podcasts, and mostly mixing it up with some of the upper echelon athletes and runners around the country. I feel completely confident that David will provide some of the best training methods needed for all levels of athletes. With his knowledge and experience, you will have great guidance in training cycles to come."

"I have trained under Rosa for 2 years. In that time I have managed to take on more volume than ever before all while remaining injury free. Rosa is very engaging and understanding, she is always receptive to altering the training to best fit my needs and goals. Most importantly Rosa has been a constant motivator for me as I’ve begun to train more seriously after several years away from the sport."