Runner Rising with Nicole Dobransky
Oct 9, 2026 · 40 min · 10 segments
On this episode of the Runner Rising podcast, I have a candid discussion with founder of Relentless Runners and full time run coach Christine Nichols (@chrissy.nich.runs on Instagram). You'll learn…
Nicole DobranskyHost
So tell me, like, when you think about, like, the sky was the limit, like, what was kinda that first...
Like, how did you guys structure your business in the early days, and then how has that changed and evolved to allow you to, like- I'm assuming leverage your impact lar- bigger, and-
And it, it looks slight- very different today than it did 10 years ago, but it did start off with one-on-one run coaching.
But our mindset around the group coaching was if you have a friend, if you have like a group of five friends who are all training for the same race and y'all know each other, like I'll coach all five of you and we'll do this together, as opposed to like, hey, anybody can get in this group, which is more what you would think of group coaching as today, right? Like, there's no connection between them.
So we did one-on-one group coaching, and we had these like different levels, the more you pay, the more you get, right? So, um, I can't exactly remember everything that was included, but we always have been really big on like unlimited communication, unlimited schedule adjustments, which we do still today with our top level of coaching that we offer now.
And it was like we were, we, we would also- Oh, I forgot, we also did, um, hey, a custom training program.
Um, and I feel like that kind of fizzled off a little bit, uh, where you don't really see that as much anymore today.
But it would be like, "Hey, I'm not gonna coach you, but you want a 16-week training program.
So tell me, like, when you think about, like, the sky was the limit, like, what was kinda that first...
Like, how did you guys structure your business in the early days, and then how has that changed and evolved to allow you to, like- I'm assuming leverage your impact lar- bigger, and-
And it, it looks slight- very different today than it did 10 years ago, but it did start off with one-on-one run coaching.
But our mindset around the group coaching was if you have a friend, if you have like a group of five friends who are all training for the same race and y'all know each other, like I'll coach all five of you and we'll do this together, as opposed to like, hey, anybody can get in this group, which is more what you would think of group coaching as today, right? Like, there's no connection between them.
So we did one-on-one group coaching, and we had these like different levels, the more you pay, the more you get, right? So, um, I can't exactly remember everything that was included, but we always have been really big on like unlimited communication, unlimited schedule adjustments, which we do still today with our top level of coaching that we offer now.
And it was like we were, we, we would also- Oh, I forgot, we also did, um, hey, a custom training program.
Um, and I feel like that kind of fizzled off a little bit, uh, where you don't really see that as much anymore today.
But it would be like, "Hey, I'm not gonna coach you, but you want a 16-week training program.
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