Meet the coaches
Our coaching team have worked with hundreds of runners and cyclists of all abilities, ranging from beginners to World Class competitors since 2012.
Over the years it is that experience alongside continual drive for growth and improvement that has allowed the team to build a successful coaching philosophy and become one of the best ultramarathon coaching set ups in the world.
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Anna Buckingham
Anna Buckingham is a qualified Mountain Leader and UKA running coach with extensive ultra experience.
Sophie Grant
Sophie is a UKA coach and GB international trail runner with top-10 finishes at races including UTMB and Marathon des Sables.
Robbie Britton
Robbie is our Head of Endurance and leads coach development for the team.
Jamie Pugh
Dr Jamie Pugh is a leading sport physiologist, UKA coach and senior lecturer at LJMU.
Hayden Hawks
Hayden is an experienced endurance coach with a degree in Exercise Science and a HOKA-sponsored elite athlete.
Edwina Sutton
Eddie is a former Director of Sport, Ironman Kona qualifier and ultra runner, now a highly qualified triathlon and run coach.
Julia Davis
Julia is a British international trail ultra runner and La Sportiva athlete with a strong road, trail and ultra background.
Sarah Cameron
Sarah Cameron is an experienced endurance coach and international ultra athlete with diplomas in Exercise Physiology and plant-based nutrition.
Pierre Meslet
Pierre Meslet is an accomplished ultra-runner, twice top-10 at Marathon des Sables and winner of the Costa Rica Coastal Challenge.
Neil Bryant
Neil is an experienced ultra-distance coach, having joined the Centurion team in 2016.
Peter Van Der Zon
Peter van der Zon is a mountain and ultra coach and sports physical therapist with over a decade of experience.
Jack Chamberlain
Jack Chamberlain is a British-born elite endurance runner and coach based in Austria with a passion for pushing limits in the mountains and trails.
James Elson
James is the founder of Centurion Running and a UKA running coach with 20 years of ultra experience.