A 2:20 marathoner, an NCCP certified coach, and a runner who rebuilt from a brain injury at 16. He has coached working runners for 10 years.
Start coachingKevin Coffey is a running coach in Kingston, Ontario. He coaches busy working runners to keep improving without getting hurt, in person in Kingston and online with athletes in Canada, the US and the UAE.
He has coached for 10 years and coaches through Mile2Marathon, where he also leads the Kingston running group.
In 2003, when he was 16, Kevin had a traumatic brain injury. He rebuilt one step at a time.
His first marathon took 3 hours and 47 minutes. Years of steady, patient training later, he ran 2:20.
That experience is the reason he coaches the way he does. Progress comes from small steps you can repeat, and from not getting hurt along the way.
Kevin coaches for people with real lives. Most working runners do not have time for two hard sessions a day, so he does not build plans that need them.
Training is periodized. Each block has a purpose and leads into the next.
Every hard session is weighed against the chance of injury. If the risk is not worth it, it comes out.
The first jump is often the biggest. After that, Kevin keeps you improving in smaller steps you can hold on to.
The goal is to keep you running for decades, not to peak once and break down.
Kevin is certified through the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP), Canada's national standard for coaches.
He coaches road and track, from the 1500 metres to the marathon.
Kevin was the bronze medalist at the 2017 Athletics Canada Canadian 10K Championships, won the 2022 Around the Bay road race, and was a Lululemon ambassador in Kingston from 2023 to 2026.
Sources: Canadian Running Magazine, December 29, 2024, and Lululemon's ambassador summary for Kevin Coffey.
"Kevin has been my coach for several marathon cycles, and we have collected several PBs and BQs over our time together. Above all of these accomplishments, I am most thankful for how Kevin has helped me to navigate the balance of marathon training and my busy personal life as a mother and health care provider. Kevin has helped me to become a more confident runner, to believe in myself and trust in the work. He's the best!"Raye M.
"Kevin is the only person I trust when it comes to running. Right down to the shoes I wear. I completed an olympic triathlon 12 months after suffering a lower back injury where I couldn't walk for 2 months. Kevin's coaching taught me how to reduce lower back strain and for the first time in my life I actually love running."Thomas B., Vancouver
Email Kevin at kevin@mile2marathon.com. To begin coaching, sign up through his Mile2Marathon page and he will contact you within 48 hours.
Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In person in Kingston, and online everywhere.
2:20 marathoner, TBI survivor, and Kingston community coach helping runners build confidence, structure, and consistency.
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