ALL ABOARD THE CRAIN TRAIN!
learn more about the crain train
In 2022, Bandit Racing Team connected with 2:12 marathoner and renowned coach, Johnny Crain, looking for help training for spring marathons.
Johnny started writing curated workout plans for our Workout Wednesdays and Speakeasy Sundays. The results were triumphant. Across the board, Bandits stayed healthy, peaked at the perfect time, and scored PRs.
Every spring / fall marathon cycle, we have enlisted Johnny’s help, and the Crain Train has grown into a Bandit staple.
Johnny also offers one-on-one coaching through his service, RunFitCoach. He is available year round, and will help you hit your goals.
Meet coach johnny crain
Since 2022, Johnny has helped over a dozen Bandits set PRs in every distance, qualify for Boston, and stay injury-free.
- Former coach at the University of Oklahoma
- 10+ years of coaching adult runners
- Have coached 100+ Boston Qualifiers
- Have coached 5 Olympic Trials Qualifiers
“run for fun and personal bests"
That motto shaped me as an athlete, and it shapes how I coach. If you want to improve, but still need training to fit your life, you’re in the right place.
full service coaching plans
From Coach Johnny :
No templates. No copy/paste plans. For full scale training programs, we’ll build a schedule that matches your goals, current fitness, injury history, and weekly reality. Then we’ll adjust based on what actually happens: how workouts feel, how recovery is trending, and what your body is telling us, so you keep stacking strong weeks.
From mileage and workouts to strength, stretching, core work and race planning, my goal is to build a routine that works for you and keeps you progressing.
I have been coaching runners for over a decade from the beginning to breakthrough.