Coaches

LEAD COACH – Noel Stoddart
Noel started running for Elswick Harriers in his home town of Newcastle Upon Tyne before making his way down the country and settling at Borough of Hounslow AC which became Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow AC. There he enjoyed success as part of the club’s winning winter relay teams and set his best track times. His running days are over and he is trying to stay fit and competitive sat down on a rowing machine nowadays.

In 2000 Noel started working for the late Kim McDonald, coach and agent to many of the finest distance runners of the 1990s and early 2000s. He went on to become an IAAF Athlete Representative and to coach the successful PACE Sports Management Marathon Squad. Noel decided to leave PACE and concentrate on the challenge of coaching in the UK in 2005. He spent just under five years leading the SMRAC distance squad before starting the Harambee Running group.  In 2011 he was given an England Athletics Services to Coaching Award.

Qualifications: UKA Level 3 Performance – Endurance, MSc Sport and Exercise Sciences

COACH – Dave Daniels
Dave ran for Richmond & Twickenham AC long before it became St Mary’s Richmond AC and is still that club’s 10,000m record holder. After retiring from competition Dave became a fixture at the old Feltham track, looking after Hounslow’s youngest distance runners. Athletes who have passed through Dave’s hands on their way to greatness include Scott Overall and Mo Farah. Dave joined SMRAC distance in 2008 before moving to Harambee Running.

Qualifications: UKA Level 2 – Endurance

COACH – Ian ‘Nobby’ O’Brien

The parent of squad members Eoin and Aedan O’Brien, Nobby has become an important part of the HR coaching team.  He has a good eye and ear for how hard people are working and corrections they can make to technique.

Qualifications: UKA Assistant Coach

COACH – Tim Haughian
Tim is still very much a training member of the squad but being a qualified coach he is able to help run sessions, give advice to younger athletes and provide feedback to the rest of the coaching team.

Qualifications: UKA Assistant Coach