Scott Lang

Running Coach
Sao Paulo, Brazil
🔥 41-week coaching streak
scott.lang@example.com
+55 11 5550 0182
passolargo.example.com
CBAt certified · RRCA Level 2
88%
Craft
Coaching & plan design
79%
Collaboration
Clubs, races, clinics
68%
Growth
New certs & study

About

I coach road runners in Sao Paulo, from first-timers to sub-3:30 marathoners. Over 8 years I have written training plans for 340 athletes and paced 12 marathons myself. My PR is 2:58, which I mostly bring up when a client claims a Tuesday easy run counts as speedwork.

Weekly effort (coaching hours)

4
Mon
6
Tue
5
Wed
7
Thu
3
Fri
10
Sat
8
Sun

Averages 43 hours a week. Saturday long-run sessions are the peak, with 18 to 25 athletes on the track.

Career personal records

PR
14 athletes qualified for the Sao Paulo City Marathon in one cycle
Previous best was 9. Whole squad finished under the 5-hour cutoff.
Mar 2025
PR
Personal marathon best of 2:58:41
Cut 6 minutes off my previous time at the Curitiba course.
Jun 2023
PR
Grew Passo Largo club from 22 to 130 members
18 months, three weekly meeting points across the city.
Sep 2022
PR
Zero running injuries flagged across a 60-runner beginner cohort
12-week couch-to-10K program with a graded load plan.
Nov 2021

Experience

Head Coach & Founder · Passo Largo Run Club
2020 – Present
  • Built and run a coaching roster of 130 active members with a 71% renewal rate season over season.
  • Write individual training plans for 45 to 60 athletes per marathon block using pace and heart-rate data.
  • Host free Saturday clinics that draw 25 runners on average and feed the paid program.
Endurance Coach · Corrida Viva Studio
2017 – 2020
  • Coached 4 weekly group sessions of 15 to 20 runners each, focused on 10K and half-marathon goals.
  • Cut the studio's beginner drop-off rate from 38% to 19% by adding a graded 4-week onboarding block.
Assistant Track Coach · Clube Atletico Ipiranga
2015 – 2017
  • Ran interval sessions for a youth squad of 30, three afternoons a week.
  • Logged and reviewed weekly splits, helping 4 juniors reach the state 1500m final.

Coaching toolkit

Marathon plans Heart-rate zones Strength for runners Race pacing Injury screening Nutrition basics Strava analysis Portuguese & English

Education & certs

RRCA Level 2 Coach2021
CBAt Athletics License2018
BSc Physical Education, USP2014