{"id":17,"date":"2026-03-05T02:33:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maximumperformancerunning.com\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:56:07","slug":"about-coach-mark-supporting-the-site","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/maximumperformancerunning.com\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"About Coach Mark &amp; Supporting the Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Coach Mark Hadley<\/strong><br>I\u2019ve been coaching distance runners for over 20 years. What started as my old Maximum Performance Running blog on Blogspot helped launch my coaching business and helped thousands of runners PR, stay injury-free, and love the sport more.<br>This new site is the next chapter \u2014 my legacy project. Everything is 100% free: training advice, race tips, and the powerful new Race Equivalence &amp; Training Pace Calculator I built from my Excel tool. 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