LIBERATE
Physio Coach Ultra Runner

Built Around
Your Race.

I'm a physiotherapist, running coach, and ultra runner. Every program I write is built around you your race, your body, your life outside of training and grounded in the evidence that actually moves the needle.

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7
Ultras completed by your coach
5+
Years coaching running athletes
MPhty
Masters of Sports Physiotherapy
Worldwide
Coaching delivered remotely
Why it matters

I Plan Your Whole
Year. Not a Block.

Most runners follow a plan written for a generic athlete. I don't work that way. When I take on a coached athlete, I map your entire year from the first base-building week through peak fitness to race day then manage your recovery and rebuild the cycle around your next goal.

When training is built in phases, each block earns the next one. The aerobic base I build with you in the early months is what makes your threshold sessions meaningful. That threshold fitness is what makes your taper work. Without the structure connecting them, training is just accumulated fatigue.

Research consistently shows that periodised training produces superior adaptation to unstructured or block-repeated approaches particularly for endurance athletes preparing for events over 90 minutes.

Phase 1
Aerobic Foundation
High volume, low intensity. Building the metabolic engine and structural resilience for what comes next.
Phase 2
Threshold Development
Targeted quality sessions. Raising the ceiling on sustainable effort and developing race-specific fitness.
Phase 3
Race-Specific Build
Course-specific simulation, fuelling practice, and peak load before the taper begins.
Phase 4
Taper & Race
Volume reduction with maintained intensity. Arrive at the start line fresh, sharp, and ready.
Phase 5
Recovery & Rebuild
Guided post-race recovery and the transition into the next annual cycle.
What you get

What I Build
With You.

I've run seven ultras and treated thousands of running injuries. That combination knowing what the race actually demands from inside it, and knowing what breaks bodies from the clinic is what shapes every decision I make in your program.

Physio-Informed Programming
I filter every training decision through five years of clinical physiotherapy practice. Load management, tissue tolerance, injury risk these aren't afterthoughts. They're built into the structure of your week from the start.
Core Service
Yearly Periodised Planning
A structured annual training cycle mapped to your race calendar. Each phase builds on the last no wasted weeks, no guesswork.
All Athletes
Running-Specific Strength & Conditioning
Integrated S&C programming designed around the specific demands of trail and ultra running not generic gym work. Posterior chain, hip stability, and the eccentric strength required for sustained descending.
Included
Injury Prevention & Rehab Support
Most coaches refer you out when things go wrong. At Liberate, physiotherapy-informed injury management is integrated into your program. If issues arise, they're managed within your plan.
All Athletes
Race Strategy & Pacing Plans
Course-specific pacing, checkpoint strategy, and nutrition timing for your race. Built from the actual demands of the course, not a generic formula.
Included
Fuelling & Hydration Guidance
Training nutrition and race-day fuelling strategy. From gut training in early phases to race-day execution 70–90g of carbohydrate per hour doesn't happen by accident.
Included
Gold Coast, Queensland

In-Person Services

For athletes based on the Gold Coast, two additional services are available in person at Sapien Rehab & Performance giving you data and analysis that remote coaching alone cannot provide.

Gold Coast Only
Lactate Threshold Testing
Your training zones built from real blood lactate data not an age-based formula that can be wrong by 10 to 20 beats per minute. An incremental test with fingertip blood sampling at each stage, producing your exact Aerobic and Anaerobic Thresholds.
Aerobic Threshold (AeT) identification
Anaerobic Threshold (AnT) identification
Five personal training zones heart rate and pace
Full written results report
Re-test tracking every 8–12 weeks
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Gold Coast Only
Biomechanical Analysis
In-person running gait analysis by a sports physiotherapist who understands load, tissue capacity, and injury risk. Not just what your gait looks like what it costs you and what to do about it.
Multi-camera gait assessment
Cadence, stride mechanics, foot strike analysis
Injury risk profiling from movement patterns
Running economy assessment
Targeted technique prescription
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Every coaching program includes

Everything You Need
to Race Your Best.

01
Individualised Programming
Trail, mountain, road and multi-day ultra preparation built around your specific race, terrain, elevation, and cutoffs.
02
Strength & Conditioning
Integrated S&C to build a resilient, race-ready body. Not optional. Not generic. Specific to your race demands.
03
Lactate & HR Zone Protocol
Remote lactate threshold protocol for athletes not based on the Gold Coast. Your zones from real data, not estimates.
04
Video Gait Analysis
Video submission running biomechanics assessment. Fix what slows you down before it stops you.
05
Injury Management
Physiotherapy-informed monitoring and management built into every week. Not a referral out when things go wrong integrated support.
06
Direct Coach Access
Accountability, feedback and ongoing support throughout your program. Delivered via TrainingPeaks or TeamBuildr.
Coaching philosophy

Endurance. Speed.
Economy.

Three pillars. Every session in every program exists to develop one of them. The athletes who improve most aren't the ones who train the hardest they're the ones who understand what they're training and why.

Endurance
Your metabolic engine. The ability to sustain effort for 12–20 hours. Built through patient, consistent aerobic base work. 80% of your training volume lives here and most runners don't run it easy enough.
Speed
Power output. The force behind every stride and every climb. Developed through hill sprints, strength work, and muscular endurance. A 2cm increase in stride length saves 6 minutes over 100km.
Economy
How efficiently you move. Economy on technical trail must be trained on trail. It explains up to 65% of the variation in race times between runners of similar fitness. The most underrated performance lever in ultra running.
Athletes & Results

Athletes I've
Coached.

These are real athletes I've worked with across trail, ultra, road, and marathon. Some chasing first finishes. Some chasing PBs. All of them built programs around their actual life, not a template. This is what that looks like.

Trail runner crossing stream in jungle race
Trail racing technical terrain, stream crossing
Night ultra runner smiling at camera
Night ultra still smiling at hour 10
Focused ultra runner at dawn
Dawn effort focused and moving
Group running by water at race
Group racing athletes Keanu and Georgia
Trail runner on dirt singletrack
The Dragon Gold Coast Marathon finisher
Tahlia holding marathon medal at Brisbane Marathon
Tahlia Brisbane Marathon finisher
> Group training session Gold Coast beachside
Tuesday sessions Gold Coast track
Runner arms wide at Gold Coast Marathon
Gold Coast Marathon Cregan
Strong finish at Gold Coast race
Race finish Gold Coast
Three athletes at night race pre-dawn
Pre-dawn ultra start line
Coaching Investment

Straightforward
Pricing.

No lock-in surprises. Three ways to work together choose the commitment level that suits your race calendar and goals. Every tier includes the full program: periodised training, strength and conditioning, injury management, direct coach access, and everything else listed above.

Monthly
$69.99/month
Minimum 12 weeks commitment
  • Full periodised program
  • Strength & conditioning included
  • Injury management & load monitoring
  • Race strategy & pacing plan
  • Fuelling & hydration guidance
  • Direct coach access
  • TrainingPeaks or TeamBuildr delivery
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Most Popular
6 Months
$1,599one-off
~$66.63/month save $221
  • Everything in Monthly
  • Full 6-month periodised block
  • Race-specific peak & taper built in
  • Priority response from Dom
  • Mid-block program review
  • Gold Coast lactate test (in-person only)
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12 Months
$2,999one-off
~$58.31/month best value
  • Everything in 6 Months
  • Full annual periodised cycle
  • Multiple race blocks built in
  • Two mid-block program reviews
  • Post-race recovery protocols
  • Priority access to new services
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All prices in AUD. Gold Coast in-person services (lactate testing and biomechanical analysis) are available as add-ons for athletes not on a 6 or 12-month plan. Not sure which plan suits your goals? Book a free 20-minute call and we'll figure it out together.

Ready to Build
Something Real?

Jump on a free 20-minute call to talk through your goals, your race calendar, and how we'd structure your year. No obligation just a conversation to see if we're the right fit.

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