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CEO/Head Coach Amie Dworecki, B.S., M.A., MBA, is an accomplished marathon and ultrarunner who has guided and motivated men and women to reach performance goals for decades.
She understands how to reach significant goals, as her triumph in breaking three world records for running a marathon on each continent led her to become the second woman listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for such a feat.
She has run in and subsequently coached others for races worldwide, such as across Antarctica, Siberia, the Andes Mountains in South America, and the Sahara Desert.
Coach Amie has repeatedly qualified for the Boston Marathon, World Marathon Majors, and the Western States 100-mile ultramarathon.
She has placed in, won, and broken course records in countless road, trail, and mixed terrain races in distances from 5K to the ultramarathon, even though only 20% of all ultrarunners are women.
She’s also competed in extreme events such as Pike’s Peak Marathon in Colorado, which runs to 14,100 feet and back, and raced in Death Valley, California.
Enduring extreme conditions such as running through the night across snow, ice, and wind in temperatures as low as -25° F, or days with temps of 100°+ F with no shade have all been part of the game.
Her knowledge of running everywhere from the Great Wall of China to the Inca Trail in Peru to Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, now helps others complete challenging Destination/Vacation races in extreme terrains.
In her off-season, Amie occasionally enjoys triathlons and other multi-sport events. She has completed the Mt. Taylor Quadrathlon, covering 43 miles of biking, running, backcountry skiing, and snowshoe-running to 11,400 feet and back.
As a Cross- and Backcountry Skier, she finished North America’s most challenging ski marathon, the Birkebeiner 54-KM Nordic ski race.
She coaches others to their top goals domestically and internationally, bringing decades of experience with endurance run training, countless distance race finishes, education, training, and research into transforming the everyday running enthusiast into the athlete they have inside.
She enjoys running with her marathon dog, Cody, organic gardening, healthful cooking, rock climbing, kayaking, international travel, and photography.
She writes as a health journalist and technologist, exploring the intersection of nutrition, positive psychology, and mind/body science on endurance and life performance.
She loves giving her clients the benefit of this depth of experience and knowledge through her coaching and encouraging others to succeed in running and life.
Certifications + Education + Training
Amie has 32 years of experience helping clients improve endurance performance, health, and fitness results and 43 years of running experience.
As a survivor of interpersonal violence and stalking, Coach Amie takes a strong stance against all violence against women and marginalized groups and supports empowerment, improving mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through running.
So sorry – no cyclists, triathletes, swimmers, kayakers, skiers… unless you want to work on your running.
Coaching is for runners who have decided that their goals that are genuinely important to them.
I’ve always loved the marathon and ultra mindset, and the experience of running challenging races around the world.
So that’s why I specialize in empowering others by coaching these specialties in my private online ultra and marathon coaching practice.
Holistic Ultra and Marathon Coaching considers the whole YOU: it assesses your strengths and weaknesses, and you get comprehensive coaching for precisely what you need.
This program takes more time and attention to detail, so I coach a limited number of clients so you can get this complete focus.
Contact me today to become the athlete you want to be and reach your goals.
You can get all of your questions answered and check currently available spots on my coaching roster.
Holistic Ultra or Marathon Coaching helps you reach challenging goals by preventing injuries, incorrect training, and off-target results and enabling complete optimal preparation, so you feel great in running and life.
It helps you train with the scope of an elite athlete so you can bring joy to your running and become the runner you envision.
Beyond just a training plan, we’ll holistically and comprehensively transform your performance by evaluating the Five Elements of Holistic Training that form the foundation of superior running performance.
These elements provide a different, multi-dimensional focus than other coaches with a run-only background can provide.
You get optimal:
With a core value of health, you’ll be met where you are and utilize the correct training principles to reach your goals, so you are not over-trained, exhausted, feeling poorly, or injured in the process. Instead, you and your running thrive.
This helps you get your best running, health, and life – Holistic Training embodies my company’s values.
And hence the company’s mission: To help you reach epic running goals holistically so you can thrive in your running and life.
I work with runners who want to improve their marathon or ultrarunning performance but specialize in women and master’s runners who want to transform their performance holistically to reach Epic Running Goals they may never have thought realistically possible, such as:
If your goal isn’t listed here, but it has to do with challenging yourself with distance running, try me… I might be game.
These things don’t happen overnight… but helping you reach your goals is also “kind of what I do.”
I first went “jogging” with my Dad when I was 5… after he stomped out a cigarette.
While I credit him with my running start, his smoking habit put me off so much that it was one of the things that started me on a mission of holistic health and how to be well from an early age.
The more I ran, the more I wanted to learn how to go from being the average runner to a top performer.
I joined a gym at 13, ran track in high school, and became a personal trainer and group fitness instructor at 18 to help others be at their best.
As I continued to run farther over the years and worked in the field, I studied training theories and the methods of top runners until I discovered how improvement could happen for you.
And I learned that running at your best takes more than just running or mindlessly following a coach’s running plan.
It took a blend of what I knew to be true – the proper training customized to your needs AND a focus on holistically strengthening all the aspects of top performance.
In my 40s, I became a Certified Holistic Coach because, let’s face it; big goals take the WHOLE YOU.
That means more than just checking off miles, living unbalanced, or tuning out.
Choose the alternative, and you will love your run experience and gain success – freedom – and joy. Which then tends to spill over into your LIFE.
My passion for this method led to my creating a company that I’m proud to say has helped many runners feel great reaching their goals.
When you put life into your running, your performance soars. Hence my company’s name – Running with Life.
I specialize in coaching distance runners because of the challenge and joy it can bring your life.
I’m researching Ph.D. programs in the effects of a holistic philosophy on endurance performance and health. My love of nature may lead to becoming a certified herbalist.
I didn’t start running 100+ miles per week after being a Master’s runner… I’ve averaged running up to 128 miles per week without injury.
I like funny T-shirts… and you may see me out running with my dog Cody.
And I’m one of those people with a license plate frame that says, “I’d rather be running.”
Working with my company might be your next grand adventure to your goal.
Want to get started?
Find out more information on these coaching services you can get:
Private online coaching using Holistic Ultra or Marathon Coaching to reach your Marathon or Ultrarunning goal.
Get running, lose weight and run a goal half-, full-, or ultra-marathon within one year with a Running and Private Weight Loss Coach.
