Marathon runner on open road

Heart-Rate-Based Coaching • Marathon • Ultra Marathon • Comrades Preparation

START EASY.

FINISH STRONG.

Personalised Marathon & Endurance Running Coaching

Train with purpose. Understand your body. Build endurance that lasts.

Satish Gujaran — RunWithSatish coach

ACSM Certified

Marathon Coach

About RunWithSatish

More Than a Running Plan

RunWithSatish is built around one idea: every runner is different. Your training should reflect your fitness, your goals, your life — not a generic schedule handed to everyone.

Satish Gujaran is an ACSM Certified Marathon Coach with 15 consecutive Comrades Marathon finishes, 75+ full marathons, and 50+ ultra-distance races. His coaching is built on patience, data, and a deep understanding of what it takes to run strong for the long term.

ACSM

Certified Marathon Coach

15

Consecutive Comrades Finishes

75+

Full Marathons

50+

Ultra-Distance Races

The RWS Way

The RWS Philosophy

01

Start Easy

Build the aerobic foundation and learn to control effort. Most runners train too hard, too often. We fix that first.

02

Train Smart

Use heart rate, pace, effort and training data to understand your progress and make every session count.

03

Finish Strong

Develop endurance, strength and race-day confidence so you cross the line feeling like you could go further.

"Your body doesn't know what social media says. It only knows how you've trained."

— Satish Gujaran, RunWithSatish

What We Offer

Coaching Programs

Personalised plans for every stage of your running journey.

Marathon Coaching

Personalised training for runners preparing for their next half or full marathon. Built around your schedule, your fitness, and your goal time.

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Ultra Marathon Coaching

Structured preparation for long-distance and ultra events. Learn to manage effort, nutrition, and mental strength over extreme distances.

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Comrades Marathon Coaching

Specialised preparation for runners targeting the Comrades Marathon — the world's greatest ultra. Satish has run it 15 consecutive times.

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Beginner to Marathon

For runners who want to progress safely from regular running toward their first marathon. Patient, structured, sustainable.

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Performance Coaching

For experienced runners looking to improve performance through structured training, data analysis, and targeted race preparation.

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Running Longevity

Training focused on staying healthy, strong and running for many more years. Because the best race is always the next one.

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The RWS Approach

Train by Effort. Understand Your Heart Rate.

Most runners run too hard on easy days and not hard enough on hard days. Heart-rate-based coaching helps you understand your training intensity, build your aerobic engine, and avoid the burnout that stops most runners from improving.

Heart RatePaceCadenceStrideElevationTraining LoadRecoveryRunning Response
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Train by Effort
Comrades Marathon runners

Signature Programme

Road to Comrades.

The Comrades Marathon is 89km of grit, hills, and heart. Satish has run it 15 consecutive times — not just as a participant, but as a student of the race. His dedicated Comrades programme covers every aspect of preparation, from base building to race-day strategy.

COMRADES MARATHON 2027

100th Edition • Down Run • Sunday, 13 June 2027

How It Works

The RWS Training Process

01

Understand

Understand the runner — history, goals, current fitness, lifestyle and race calendar.

02

Assess

Analyse running data and training response to establish a clear baseline.

03

Plan

Create a personalised training plan built around the individual, not a template.

04

Coach

Monitor progress weekly, adjust training, and provide ongoing guidance and support.

05

Race

Prepare the runner to arrive at the start line healthy, confident and ready to perform.

Runner strength training

Beyond the Run

Strong Runners Are Durable Runners.

Running performance isn't only about running. Strength, mobility, recovery and injury prevention are built into every RWS programme — because the best training plan is one you can actually complete.

Strength Training
Mobility
Recovery
Injury Prevention
Running Mechanics
Core & Lower Body

The Difference

Why RunWithSatish?

01

Personalised Training

Plans adjusted to your fitness, goals, race calendar, training response and available data — not a template.

02

Heart-Rate-Based Coaching

Train at the right intensity every session. Build your aerobic engine without burning out.

03

Data-Driven Analysis

Heart rate, pace, cadence, stride, elevation, training load — your data tells the story.

04

Strength & Injury Prevention

Integrated strength and mobility work so you stay healthy and keep running.

05

Marathon & Ultra Experience

75+ marathons, 50+ ultras, 15 consecutive Comrades — coaching from lived experience.

06

Long-Term Running Longevity

The goal is not one race. The goal is a lifetime of strong, healthy running.

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Marathon finish line

Ready to Start Your Running Journey?

Tell me about your running, your goal and where you want to go next.