Guillaume Adam, the founder of the coaching application Run Motion Coach, is still an excellent athlete despite a busy professional schedule. The former track rider, converted since 2018 to the road (six marathons run) and the trail (he participated in the UTMB in 2022), is aiming for first French place in the next New York marathon, which will take place on November 5 . He hopes to run in 2h21′ on this particularly hilly course.
Guillaume Adam during his 2019 New York marathon, where he ranked 45th and first Frenchman in 2h26′.
Guillaume Adam is quite confident: his preparation is going well. If he can only run “five to six times a week”, because he has to juggle an intense professional activity and wishes to “maintain a certain balance”, he remains efficient and can calmly present himself at the start on the Verrazano bridge.
The former track rider, who came to the road and long distances six years ago, because he knew that he could no longer perform as well over his preferred distances (3’38” in the 1500 m, 3’58” in the mile) after his studies and the launch of his coaching business, ran his preparation half-marathon in 1h09′, winning the Annecy event. “I ran the first ten kilometer at marathon pace and I accelerated a little on the second, since the sensations were good and I was in the lead…” he explains.
An excellent warm-up for the New York deadline, where Guillaume will compete in his 7th marathon (personal best 2h23’13” in Paris this year) with the idea of repeating his feat of 2019, where he finished first French on the legendary American event (45th in 2h26’36”, after passing in 1h10′ in the semi). This time, Guillaume is hoping for a time of 2h21′, entirely possible when we have his basic speed and his now quite significant experience over long distances, since in addition to his six marathons he has distinguished himself for several seasons in trail running (victories on numerous short trails and finisher of the UTMB in 2022) and on other shorter road races, with great victories on the Haute-Savoie and Savoie events in particular.
“With this time, I shouldn’t be far from the place of first Frenchman, since no one is in the elite field at less than 2h20′” explains Guillaume whose busy news, between the release of his book Ma Bible du Running (Leduc editions) and the management of his company Run Motion Coach, which now brings together seven collaborators around the Adam brothers and more than 500,000 users, does not prevent a certain investment in preparation.
“The trip to New York will also allow me to meet contacts to develop our activity in the United States,” finally explains the business manager – a 33-year-old runner whose application, used 75% by French runners, Also available in English and Spanish.
2023-10-18 15:33:00
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