A Geelong running coach who knows your hills, your trails and your races.
I live, train and race here. Whether it's your first Geelong Marathon, a Surf Coast trail ultra or a Melbourne PB, you get a plan built around your week, our local courses and fuelling from a qualified endurance sports nutritionist.
Running in Geelong, without a plan that fits
Local knowledge. Proper coaching.
Coaching is online, so it fits around your life. The plan is built by someone who knows the roads, trails and races you're training on.
Plans built for local races
From Geelong and Melbourne marathons to Surf Coast trail ultras, the plan is built around your race and its course.
Hills and trails, done right
Climbing, descending and power-hiking sessions you can do on the hills and trails around Geelong.
Fuelling from a nutritionist
Carbs per hour, hydration and sodium planned and practised, so the last 10km isn't a battle.
Zones from real testing
Heart-rate and pace zones from a threshold test, so your easy runs are easy and your sessions count.
A plan that flexes
Shift work, school runs, a bad week. The plan adjusts every week so you still arrive ready.
A real person in your corner
Weekly feedback in TrainingPeaks, and a coach who's probably run your course himself.
Part of the Geelong running community
I've been coaching runners for over 20 years and I'm based right here in Geelong. I'm the founder and run leader of The Running Creatures, a social run club out of Little Creatures Brewery, and a Charity Ambassador for the 2026 Geelong Marathon.
I coach runners across Geelong, the Bellarine Peninsula, the Surf Coast and beyond. Coaching runs online through TrainingPeaks, so it works around your week wherever you train.
More about GeneThree steps to your next start line
No commitment, no pressure. Bring your splits — I'll tell you where you're losing time and what it'll take to fix it.
Tell Me About Your Race
Six quick questions: your goal, your timeline, and what's costing you. If it's a fit, I email you within 24 hours to book a free 30-minute call where we go through your Strava, race history and fuelling together. No fluff, no hard sell.
I Find the Problem
I build your plan around the specific thing that's been holding you back — your data, your schedule, your goal race. Not a template. You'll know what we're fixing and why before you run a single session.
Fix It & Race
Train with weekly check-ins and real-time adjustments. When work travel or a sick kid throws your week off, the plan flexes — and you still arrive at the start line ready to run even pace.
Real runners. Real results.
Relatively new to running when we started. Over about 18 months he took more than an hour off his marathon time, PB'd at both Sydney and Melbourne six weeks apart, and ran an 8-minute PB at Melbourne despite a hip flexor strain at 25km. Now chasing sub-3.
Started as a half marathoner years ago. Finished 18th woman in the Canyons 100 Mile, then took 2nd woman at Devil's Key 66km.
Started with one-off coaching calls, moved to 1:1, and ran his first marathon at Melbourne in 3:25 on a last-round ballot entry, with his first ultra weeks later.
What's another flat year costing you?
1:1 spots open: 8 Performance · 4 Elite
Another race entry. Another 16-week build. Another finish time that looks exactly like the last one. These plans find and fix the specific thing capping your results — so the next race is actually different. All prices in AUD.
Academy gives you my system. Performance gives you me. Elite gives you me as your coach and your sports nutritionist.
Why pay when free plans exist?
You've already tried them. That's why you're here — still at the same finish time. A free plan doesn't look at your splits or your fueling log.
Is this just generic advice with a coach's name on it?
No. Every plan is built from your race data, your Strava, and your carb intake per hour. No two athletes get the same program. You'll see that in week one.
What's this actually worth?
Another flat year costs the same entry fee, the same 16 weeks, and the same disappointment. This fixes the problem — one race entry pays for itself.
You're not paying to try me out. You're paying to start — and I carry the risk.
Start before 31 October: I'll also build your race-week nutrition plan for your next race, free.
Endurance Academy
Gene's system, without the 1:1 price.
For runners who'll execute a proven plan and want a coach in their corner, not on speed dial. You train off the same methods my 1:1 athletes use, with a community chasing the same kind of race.
- Race-specific plan from my library, matched to your distance, level and race date (10K to 50K), loaded into TrainingPeaks
- Training zones set from your own lactate threshold test
- Full members area: Race Execution Planner, Carb Load & Race Morning Planner, Gut Training Builder
- Monthly live group call with me, with replays
- Private athlete community, with questions answered by me every week
- Members library: guides, race breakdowns and research
- Saint Layers training top after your 3rd month
- Exclusive Saint Layers store discount
Move up to Performance anytime. Your current month is credited.
Performance
Your plan, written for you, and rewritten every week.
For runners with a race that matters: a first marathon you need to finish healthy, a BQ, or a step up to ultra. I build your plan from scratch around your physiology, schedule and injury history, then adjust it as your data comes in.
- Everything in Endurance Academy
- Plan written from scratch for you and adjusted weekly from your TrainingPeaks data
- 1:1 video calls with me (weekly for the first 4 weeks, then fortnightly)
- 60-min onboarding call + Week-4 Fit Check call
- Feedback on your key sessions
- Race strategy and pacing plan for your goal race
- Race Fuelling Audit + written race-day plan ($179 value)
- Strength & mobility program built around your niggles
- Direct messaging, with replies within 24 hours on weekdays
- Custom Saint Layers training top included
Elite: Coach + Fuel
A marathon and ultra coach and an endurance sports nutritionist, in one.
For runners whose gut, fuelling or hydration has cost them a race. Everything in Performance, plus me as your sports nutritionist, building your race nutrition from your sweat, sodium and gut history.
- Everything in Performance
- Weekly 1:1 calls + twice-weekly check-ins
- Fully individualised race nutrition plan (sweat, sodium, carbs/hr)
- 8-week gut training block
- Unlimited messaging
- Gear, shoe and race travel planning
- Annual performance review
What actually changes between plans
| Academy | Performance | Elite | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who writes your plan | My library, matched to your race and level | Me, from scratch | Me, from scratch |
| Who adjusts it | You, with group Q&A | Me, weekly | Me, twice weekly |
| How you reach me | Monthly group call + community | 1:1 calls + direct messaging | Weekly 1:1 calls + unlimited messaging |
| Race fuelling | Members fuelling tools | Race Fuelling Audit + race-day plan | Full individualised nutrition + gut training |
Not ready for coaching yet? Start with a self-guided TrainingPeaks plan, from US$29 →
The 4-Week Fit Check
Train with me for 4 weeks. At week 4 we sit down for a Fit Check call — what's changed, what's working, where you're heading. If you've done the work and you're not happy, tell me on that call and I'll refund your first month in full. No forms, no arguing — and you keep everything I've built for you.
Refund applies when at least 80% of your planned sessions are logged and you attend your week-4 Fit Check call.
Training's fine but your gut quits at 30km? You might only need the fuelling fixed. Fuelling is already built into every plan above.
See Bonkproof AcademyThe questions you're probably asking
You've been burned by templated plans. Here are the honest answers — bring your splits to the call and test them yourself.
Have a question not covered here? Send Gene a message →
Train with a Geelong coach who's been where you're going
Six quick questions about your race, your current running and your week. If coaching is the right fit, I'll email you within 24 hours to book a free 30-minute call. If it isn't yet, I'll tell you what to focus on first.
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