Leah Soro, M.S.

Coaching Style: I take a hands on holistic approach to coaching. Running and fitness goals are achieved by looking closely at the whole picture. My coach in college always taught us that the "Little Things" distinguish good runners from great runners. The "Little Things" include stretching, strength training, proper nutrition, smart racing, well planned training sessions, and good life balance. I took his advice to heart and adopted it as my training mantra. Factors like amount of sleep, travel, sickness, and work stress are often overlooked by most coaches, but those aspects of your life are closely related to performance and overall enjoyment of the sport. That is why I focus on the whole picture when developing individual training plans and monitoring those plans closely to ensure that they are continually meeting the needs of my athletes.

Athletic Resume:

Post-Graduate

- Snapple-ATC Bike Racing

• Cat 3 Road Racer 2012
• Winner of Cat 4 Tour of Austin Crit & Driveway Cat 3/4 Crit 2011
• Second place Cat 4 Chappell Hill Road Race 2011

- Runner's Market Racing Team - Knoxville, TN

• Winner Autumnfest 8k Knoxville, TN - November 2009
• Miami Marathon January 31, 2010 (9th Female Overall)
• Trained with Knoxville Elite Professional Group under Coach JJ Clark

Collegiate

- University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN

• All SEC & All Region 2005 Cross Country
• All SEC 5000m 2006 track
• Cross Country Team Captain

Coaching

Enlightened Performance offers several levels of coaching.

$75/month

- $25 Initial consultation fee

- Goal setting assistance

- Monthly coach initiated feedback via e-mail

- Monthly training plan of key weekly workouts

Add-ons: can be divided among a group

- Pre-race/workout and post-race/workout nutrition consultation - $25

- Lactate testing (*can only be divided between 2 people) & results analysis - $125

- One-on-one key workout coaching - $50
- Personal yoga lessons - $50/hr

CONTACT epcoaching512@gmail.com to set up a consultation.