Valparaiso, Indiana
Miles with Misty Coaching
Run, strength, and wellness coaching for real life: beginner-friendly programs, smart strength, online accountability, and support that helps you start where you are.
- Run
- Walkers and beginners welcome
- Strength
- 1% stronger every day
- Wellness
- Whole-person coaching
Coaching That Fits Your Life
Training should feel possible before it feels powerful.
Miles with Misty helps runners, walkers, and strength clients move from "I should start" to "I can do this" with clear plans, steady encouragement, and goals that make the work feel meaningful.
Credentials & Coaching Philosophy
Certified coaching, real-life experience.
Misty pairs 25+ years of coaching with run certifications, strength credentials, endurance experience, and continued education in health, wellness, and behavior-change coaching.
Certified
Run coaching credentials.
UESCA, RRCA, USATF, Jack Daniels VDOT, and FFS run coaching education.
Strength
Certified personal trainer.
NASM and AFAA personal training credentials support the strength side of healthy running.
Endurance
Marathons, Boston, ultras.
50+ marathons, 9 Boston Marathon finishes, and extensive ultramarathon experience.
Learning
Still building the next layer.
Currently pursuing ICF PCC credentialing, NBHWC preparation, and a B.S. in Health and Wellness.
Training science
Plans are built around progressive load, recovery, pacing, strength, and what your body is telling you.
Behavior change
The work is designed to help you build consistency, confidence, and a rhythm that can survive real life.
Lifelong learning
Misty keeps studying, training, and asking better questions so her athletes get better support.
In-Person Programs
Train toward a local finish line.
Seasonal First MILE and Next MILE groups give you structure, accountability, and people to move with.
See programsStrength Training
Build strength that supports real life.
Practical strength coaching helps runners, beginners, and busy adults move with more confidence.
Explore strengthWellness Coaching
You do not have to figure it out alone.
From training to confidence, habits, recovery, and leadership, Misty keeps the next step clear.
View wellness coachingIn-Person Running Programs
Pick your next finish line.
Summer 2026
First MILE: Popcorn Panic Edition
A beginner-friendly 5K and 5-mile program.
$50
- Meet & Greet
- Saturday, August 1
- Training begins
- Monday, August 3
- Goal race
- Popcorn Panic, September 12
- Race options
- 5K or 5-mile
Fall 2026
Grateful Strides
Fall Turkey Trot training for walkers, walk-runners, and runners.
$50
- Meet & Greet
- Saturday, October 10
- Training begins
- Monday, October 12
- First group run
- October 17 at 9:00 a.m.
- Goal race
- Valpo Turkey Trot, November 26
Winter 2027
Winter Warriors
A First MILE beginner 5K program.
$50
- Meet & Greet
- Saturday, February 13
- Training begins
- Monday, February 15
- First group run
- Saturday, February 20
- Goal race
- Ringing in Spring 5K, April 3
Spring 2027
Next MILE: Find Your Fast
Six weeks of speed, form and endurance development.
$75
- Program begins
- Saturday, May 22
- Wednesdays
- 6:00 p.m. speed and form
- Saturdays
- Endurance development
- Goal-race window
- Late June through July 4
Meet Your Coach
Encouragement, accountability, and honest momentum.
Misty coaches with a practical, positive style that respects busy schedules, beginner nerves, and big goals. The work is simple: keep showing up, stack small wins, and trust the process one mile at a time.
About Coach MistyReady For Your Next Mile?
Pick the path that fits where you are today.
Choose a group program, ask about online coaching, or reach out and Misty will help you decide what makes sense.