How Arduua Premium Coaching Works
Arduua Premium Coaching is our highest-level athlete service — built for runners who want structured, personalised training with continuous progression, data-based adjustments, and direct support from a professional coach throughout the year.
Ideal for trail, mountain, ultra, skyrunning, and road marathon athletes seeking science-driven training, heart-rate–based intensity control, long-term development, strength and durability — from 5K to 100 miles and beyond.
1. Choose Your Coaching Package
You select the level of support and feedback frequency:
- Monthly Coaching — personalised plan + monthly review and plan update
- Weekly Coaching — personalised plan + weekly review and plan update
- Race Coaching — weekly coaching + monthly 20-min video call + TrainingPeaks Premium
- Elite Coaching — weekly coaching + weekly 20-min video calls + TrainingPeaks Premium
All coaching levels include a personalised yearly plan, unlimited training sessions, and structured coach interaction — the difference lies in how often feedback and adjustments are delivered.
2. Sign Up & Complete Your Athlete Profile
After registration you receive onboarding instructions, including your Health & Training Questionnaire:
- Running goals & race calendar
- Health + physical status
- Injury / medical history
- Training availability
- Terrain & equipment access (gym, hills, treadmill, etc.)
This forms the foundation for your personalised training design.
3. TrainingPeaks Setup
All training is delivered inside TrainingPeaks — including workouts, strength work, HR guidance, progress tracking, coach feedback & plan updates.
Connect to your coach here:
Attach to Arduua in TrainingPeaks »
Basic included — Monthly & Weekly Coaching
Premium included — Race & Elite Coaching
4. Build Your Plan — Start-Up Week
Every athlete begins with a Build-Your-Plan start-up week, including:
- Easy run test (aerobic load capacity)
- Threshold test (for precise HR training zones)
- Strength & mobility assessment (video)
- Running-form analysis (video)
- Optional: upload lab/VO₂max test data
- Video meeting with your coach
This data is used to create your fully personalised yearly training plan.
5. Your Personal Training Plan
Your coach builds your TrainingPeaks structure based on your profile & race goals. This includes:
- Year-plan with A/B/C race prioritisation
- Base → Specific → Competitive → Taper phases
- HR-based running sessions synced to your watch
- Strength, mobility, plyometric & recovery work
- Adaptive progression based on real training data
6. Coaching Reviews & Adjustments
Your training plan is continuously adapted to keep you progressing toward your goals while balancing fitness, fatigue, recovery and race demands.
How often your coach reviews your training, provides feedback, and updates your plan depends on the coaching level you choose (Monthly · Weekly · Race · Elite), as described above.
Regardless of plan, your coach monitors your development throughout the season and adjusts your training structure as you evolve — ensuring long-term improvement, durability
7. Race Preparation & Season Planning
- A-Race: full build-up + taper — peak performance target
- B-Race: test gear, nutrition & pacing strategies
- C-Race: training race — integrated without taper
8. What You Need
- TrainingPeaks-compatible GPS watch
- Heart-rate chest strap (strongly recommended)
- Trail/road access depending on goals
Start Your Coaching Journey
If you want structured progression, durability, confidence and peak performance in trail, mountain, ultra or marathon events — you’re ready.