RUNNING COACH IRELAND´S MISSION IS SIMPLE: SHARE OUR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE AND WORK WITH AS MANY COMMITTED RUNNERS AS POSSIBLE, HELPING THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR RUNNING GOALS.

Since 2010 Running Coach Ireland and Réne Borg have been providing expert coaching for runners from complete beginners to successful competitive runners. Eoin Flynn joined him in this venture in 2020.

Réne specializes in building custom training plans, encouraging all round health, and taking into account busy modern day lifestyles. Réne is highly qualified in coaching, both academically and through his experience in coaching hundreds of athletes, organizing Ireland’s most comprehensive running technique workshops and giving educational talks to sports clubs and companies worldwide.

Eoin Flynn offers the same high standard of coaching with a particular specialty in road marathon plans drawing on his personal experience as a National level athlete and Irish Mountain Running international.

Running Coach Ireland´s proven methods and protocols have worked for hundreds of runners successfully, from elite marathon runners to beginner road runners and from Trail running record holders to mountain race first timers

Working with Running Coach Ireland – Rene Borg & Eoin Flynn

RCI can provide custom tailor-made services for you in these areas:

• Generic training plans (can be purchased directly through TrainingPeaks – )
• Coaching support from 5k to Marathon and from short Mountain Races to Ultra Trail Races (through TrainingPeaks and email, whatsapp, skype/video call support)
• Guided running (through Trailløbsferie.dk)
• Social runs via Wicklow Wolf Run Club
• Training plans (delivered through TrainingPeaks)
• Training plan review (delivered through TrainingPeaks)
• Workshops (from 2 hours to multi-day) events on all running-related topics (only on request)

RCI services are delivered through the TrainingPeaks. 

What do not currently offer

RCI do not offer face to face coaching or group coaching at present outside Rene´s  club role in Glendalough AC. Should you wish to work with RCI and Rene in that capacity and be local to Wicklow – join Glendalough AC.

You can see further details of things that are out of scope for our services in our Terms of Service.

We also do not coach junior athletes – you must be 18 years or older to work with us.

Get started

If in doubt regarding what training package to avail of, please see our two main coaching service package below.

Please email Running Coach Ireland at this address (we will reply within 3 working days unless on holidays) to begin your new running adventure.

Our two main coaching service packages are:

                                                                                                   

When Can You Join Running Coach Ireland?

We operate a high-touch, athlete-centered model—which means we’re intentional about when we bring new runners onboard.

🔹 Coach Eoin Flynn is available to take on new athletes year-round, depending on capacity. He’s a world-class coach and the right fit for many runners—don’t hesitate to reach out.

🔹 Coach René Borg accepts new athletes during three key windows depending on capacity:

• January 8th – May 7th
• June 4th – August 20th
• October 8th – December 17th

Outside these dates, René focuses fully on his current athletes, races, and family life. You’re welcome to join the waitlist and we’ll be in touch as soon as the next intake opens.

WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO WORK WITH US?

• Decide which of our two plans suit you best, email us if in doubt and we can organise an informal quick 10 minute chat to guide you through the two offerings
• Confirm with us that we have an opening for you and the start date
• fill in our athlete questionnaire (here you will also specify your preferred start date for the program)
  • You will specify the requested start time of your plan here. We will confirm whether we can deliver on that date or whether it will have to be later (we generally need a 2-3 week lead-time as we are always near capacity)
  • Please don’t fill in this form until we have confirmed a start date with you.
• Setup a TrainingPeaks account once confirmed as a client we send you a link so you can attach Rene Borg or Eoin Flynn as coaches to your account). TrainingPeaks is where we deliver your plans.
  • If you are a Stryd Power metre user we will also ask you to invite us as your coach on that account and we will help you link your TrainingPeaks and Stryd accounts
• Sync the TrainingPeaks account to your watch’s account (depending on the watch there is a different way to do it – but it is pretty simple)
• Then we setup the intro call for the first few days of the plan (30-min with Gold plan or 1 hour with Platinum)
• Pay the first Stripe invoice we send you and that will setup your ongoing subscription from the start date of your plan
• Finally, we share our private phone number with you, so you can avail of chat support through WhatsApp