Coach Rachael Warner Sanchez
Specialty: Beginner to Advanced 5k to Marathon Coach
Rachael lives and works in north Texas and comes to Higher Running after being an independent coach for two years. She began her coaching journey in 2008 as a cycling coach before officially becoming a running coach in 2017. During her independent coaching years, she also completed the Revo2Lution Running Certification in 2019. Rachael is also a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and has passed the NASM Certified Nutrition Course (CNC) exam. Since then, she has coached a handful of area runners while continuing to pursue her running goals: The Marathon Olympic Trials Qualifier and a 75-minute half marathon. Rachael’s athletic performances and coaching started with professional road cycling. She was fortunate to travel the country racing and learning how to be an effective coach to a wide range of people. Her focus transitioned from road cyclist to running when she moved from Virginia to Texas in 2012. Along the way of pursuing her running goals, members of local running clubs inquired about hiring her as a coach. It was an easy yes and has served her well to fine tune her coaching style. Her athletes have had continued success and happiness while picking new goals when original ones have been accomplished. Rachael continues to be a steadfast student of running and is pursuing more certifications and educating herself to provide the best possible service to runners.
Rachael’s coaching philosophy stems from the basic idea that it is a privilege to have runners entrust a coach with their running goals. Health and happiness are the most important metrics to coaching success. Her passion for coaching has allowed her to have a strong understanding of how to adapt structured training to one’s unique physiology and, at the same time, has learned the true seeds of coaching success are rooted in having open communication, willingness to work, in detail, with each person.
Rachael welcomes anyone and with goals both big and small, short term and long term. Each runner receives consistent communication, customized training plans, feedback and guidance on workouts. She loves receiving questions and input from the runners she coaches and genuinely loves being kept busy assisting her athletes.
Email: Rachelruns50@gmail.com
“Working with Coach Rachael has been an absolutely transformative experience for my running. She is more than just a coach—she is an insightful partner who genuinely cares about my long-term development and goals. Her detailed, personalized training plans are perfectly balanced, challenging me to improve while always respecting my need for recovery. Thanks to her expert guidance and constant encouragement, I’ve achieved milestones I never thought possible, and I look forward to every training session knowing I have her in my corner. She is truly the best!” -Mario A.
“Coach Rachel understands her athletes as ‘whole people,’ meaning that running is one aspect of our lives that we want to improve while also juggling many responsibilities. When I was working a lot of hours, it was nice to have a workout plan as something to aspire to and to get me out of my desk chair. Sometimes it was really hard to fit in my workouts, but coach Rachel kept me from completely falling off the rails and losing fitness! When I finally got back into racing, I ran 4 half marathons and improved steadily, which could only be achieved by — the bane of my existence — speed work. Coach Rachel set the intentions, and I slowly began meeting these speed goals. We both know I’m capable of faster times, and when Coach Rachel sets those intentions, it helps me tremendously with the mental side of running.” -Barb E.
“Rachael has been an incredible coach and I’ve been working with her for well over a year. I’ve been a runner for 15+ years but she has taught me so much, helped me achieve some big PRs, and most of all is responsive and very thoughtful. She really cares about the success of your running and has so much knowledge and experience. If you want to run fast, learn more, and achieve goals that you thought weren’t possible, I’d highly recommend her.” -John D
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