Individualized Coaching

Personal Best limits the number of participants to 125 members. This facilitates individualized coaching for all. Each season daily training schedules are provided for a variety of marathons and half marathons. If your race is not part of this list, coach Amy will create a customized schedule for you.

Amy is happy to answer your training questions. The best opportunities for 1:1 coaching is after a group long run, at speed work sessions or via e-mail or phone.

Meet our Support Staff



Bob has been a participant in Personal Best from its inception in 1993 and completed his hundredth marathon in October, 2010.












Doug has been running with Personal Best since 1993.







Greg is, “just trying to run two marathons a year for the rest of [his] life” and he knows, “PB will get me there.”








Back in 1996, Laurie started running with Personal Best and has “made some terrific friends… who make the miles pass more pleasantly” as she strives to complete a marathon in all fifty states before she turns sixty.









Amy has been with Personal Best since 2009 and has a passion for being healthy, fit, strong, and doing what she loves: Running! "The friends, encouragement, and support are what make running with Personal Best [a great experience for me]."







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Howie looks forward to running with Personal Best every Saturday, and can usually be found at the back of the pack.








Cris has been running with Personal Best since 2003. He tries to run at least two marathons a year and his ultimate goal is to qualify for Boston.










David runs to stay fit and provides technical support, marks the course and cheers the PB runners.










Parker provides technical support for Personal Best.










Our youngest staffer, Spencer, wakes up long before the sun to help stake flags and mile markers for the course (not pictured)

Group Classes


Coach Amy brings her physical therapy experience teaching patients core and functional strengthening exercises to these challenging classes. Small class sizes, highly experienced instructors and personal attention make these classes unique in the KC area.

These classes will increase your power, endurance and efficiency and help decrease risk of injury, not to mention build you a great lookin' bod! Great for runners, cyclists, triathletes and non-runners too! Modified positions are included for beginners.

Click here for an article on the importance of functional strength training for runners.

Super Sunday FUNday Sundays 7:00-8:00 p.m.
You will move from one station to the next as you jump, lunge, glide, toss, squat, step and hop in this fast paced agility and strength building circuit. Think gym class on steroids. Wear running shoes or cross trainers.

Barre NoneTabata or Pilates Mat Work + Barre
Tuesdays 6:30-7:30 p.m. Pilates mat work+barre
Fridays 5:45-6:45 a.m. Tabata+barre
This class starts out with mat work that will recruit every muscle in your body and/or Tabata interval training which will challenge your cardiovascular system. Stability balls, bands, light weights, Gliders, BOSU...the list is endless. The barre work that follows is not for sissies! Guys, it may be a ballet barre, but the strengthening here is every bit as challenging as any boot camp. See if you can do it!

Power Yoga for Athletes
Taught by Ashley Simmons
Monday and Thursday evenings at 6:00 p.m.
Other yoga classes are also offered.

Core Principles
Taught by Drew Dischinger and Laura Lund
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-11 a.m.
Beginners welcome!

$89.00 one month unlimited
$120.00 punch card for 10 classes (good for 90 days)
$65.00 punch card for 5 classes (good for 90 days)
$15.00/class drop in

Classes are held at Sport and Spine!
Please check the website for class cancellations.