I coach Masters and Menopausal athletes because I’ve lived in that in-between space myself—the place where you want to keep chasing goals, but your body, hormones, and life stress are all throwing curveballs at once.
And here’s the truth: most training plans don’t prepare you for that.
When burnout hits, athletes are often told they have two options: push through until you break, or quit entirely. Doctors will say, “Running is hard, maybe just stop running.” Coaches without the right framework will scale your mileage but leave your stress unchecked. And athletes end up ghosting their training because there’s no middle ground.
But there is a middle ground. And that’s what I coach.
Burnout Isn’t the End—It’s Feedback
When one of my athletes recently hit a wall, she felt like a failure. Sleep was trash, stress was high, the long runs left her depleted, and she thought, “That’s it. I’m done.”
But the reality wasn’t that she was broken. It was that the scaffolding around her—her recovery, her stress management, her fueling, her hormonal support—wasn’t strong enough to hold the weight of marathon training and life.
So instead of throwing in the towel, we pivoted:
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She experimented with shorter runs that felt doable.
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We brought play back into training (sometimes chaos is the cure).
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She kept her connection to movement without the crushing weight of a marathon looming over her.
And most importantly, she began to see that burnout was telling her something valuable: not “quit,” but “adjust.”
Why This Matters for Masters + Menopausal Athletes
Burnout in midlife isn’t just about training volume—it’s about everything else colliding with it: hormone changes, careers, caregiving, sleep issues, financial stress, and the cultural narrative that ambition is “dangerous” at our age.
That’s why I don’t just write workouts. I build scaffolding. Because when athletes feel supported, they don’t need to choose between “do it all” or “do nothing.” They can pause, pivot, reset, and still thrive.
Rest can be strategic.
Support can be empowering.
And your goals? They don’t have to disappear—they can evolve.
That’s why I started coaching in the first place: to show that Masters and Menopausal athletes don’t need less ambition. They need more support.