Reviews
Maria Zubizarreta 
I started training with Phil back in 2008. I’d been running marathons for several years before I met him as a member of Les Croupiers Running Club in Cardiff, these included Austin, Texas; Asunción, Paraguay; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Mar del Plata, Argentina; Costa Rica; and my best time ever at Stockholm, Sweden in 2007 where I ran 3 hrs 46:33 (a time to be proud of at the time). Phil became my best friend and has taken the reins of my running since and I haven’t looked back. His first greatest achievement with me was the Edinburgh Marathon in May 2008 where he made me run 3 hrs 22:47, a massive PB. That was only the beginning of a long road to my recent 3 hrs 07:36 in the 2011 London Marathon. In Berlin 2012 I reduced this down to 3 hrs 02:23, and at the London Marathon 2015 backed this up with a 3 hrs 04:29
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Jane Coker 
I have known Phil for over 20 years, firstly as a young steeplechaser and Welsh International track athlete, in more recent years more personally as the men’s captain and coach of Les Croupiers running Club to which I belong. Phil is also is the organiser and brains behind Cardiff parkrun, part of the worldwide parkrun phenomenon. He organises several races including Les Croupiers Pentath~Run and the Summer Sizzler 5km in August. His enthusiasm and energy is boundless. He never sleeps!! He takes a hill session with the club on Monday evenings and a track session Tuesdays for club members. This session has really taken off and Phil’s sessions at the track have become really popular and club members are now flocking to Leckwith stadium on Tuesday nights for his sessions. Many of my running friends will confirm that their performances have improved dramatically since joining Phil’s speed sessions on a regular basis. He knows how to put a training session together, what elements are important at certain times of the year and gears the training to the races coming up.
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