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Coach Croft When I went looking for younger menopausal athletes and coaches who understood that experience, I came up empty.

Running + Strength Coach empowering Masters athletes + women navigating {peri}menopause to thrive in their training through personalized coaching + training plans
DM to start! I’m an endurance runner, RRCA-certified run coach, and GGS Menopause Strength coach based in Oklahoma, with a form-focused approach to running + strength training. After enduring multiple surgeries, medically induced menopause, and eventually a full hysterectomy due to Endometriosis, I found myself navigating endurance training in a body without its own hormones. So I built my own path back to stronger, faster, and more sustainable running—and turned that experience into the foundation of my coaching. My running journey began in 2009, much of it self-coached. I’ve raced across distances up to the marathon, but real progress didn’t come from simply doing more. It came from learning how to train smarter, move more efficiently, and respect the body I was actually in. That shift changed not only my performance, but my relationship with running. Today, I specialize in coaching Masters + Menopausal athletes, helping them build strength, confidence, and longevity in their training. I also enjoy working with runners of all backgrounds and experience levels who are ready to move beyond grind-based approaches and toward something more sustainable. My goal is to help athletes feel less alone in their journey, more capable in their bodies, and better equipped to pursue their goals with clarity and intention.

I’ve been collecting glimmers for a while now.Unexpected messages. Kind words. Handwritten notes. Little reminders that ...
10/23/2026

I’ve been collecting glimmers for a while now.

Unexpected messages. Kind words. Handwritten notes. Little reminders that something I said or did mattered to someone else.

I save them because life has a funny way of getting loud enough to drown out the good stuff.

And this year? Whew. Life has had the volume turned all the way up.

Sometimes I go back through these little moments and find myself looking at a version of me reflected through someone else’s eyes.

Someone who made them feel seen. Someone who encouraged them to believe in themselves. Someone who gave them permission to do things differently.

It’s easy to lose sight of those things when you’re busy navigating your own mess.

So here’s a little collection of glimmers from a year that has asked a whole hell of a lot.

A reminder of the good that can exist alongside the hard. And maybe a reminder to tell people when they’ve made a difference in your life. You never know when they might need to hear it ✨

10/23/2026

No one really talks about the cost of increasing self-awareness

A visual after our conversations with Everyday Athlete Community yesterday… Your pelvis is a bowl of water. How much are...
10/22/2026

A visual after our conversations with Everyday Athlete Community yesterday… Your pelvis is a bowl of water. How much are you spilling when you run?

We spend a LOT of time talking about cadence, foot strike, and stride length, but what about the position of your pelvis?

Your pelvis connects your upper and lower body, and its positioning can influence how efficiently you move.

Here’s a little exercise I use when teaching running form:

Imagine your pelvis is a bowl filled with water.

If you’re in an excessive anterior tilt, the bowl tips forward, your lower back arches more, and your knees may feel like they’re locking out.

As you bring your pelvis toward neutral, imagine leveling that bowl. You might feel a little click into alignment as your knees soften and your ribs stack more comfortably over your pelvis.

Continue rotating into a posterior tilt, and the bowl tips backward. Your tailbone tucks underneath, your lower back flattens, and your knees may bend a little more.

Now, here’s the important part…
Your pelvis isn’t supposed to be locked into one position. Running requires movement, rotation, and the ability to respond to changing demands.

The goal is to develop awareness and control so you’re not spending unnecessary energy compensating for positions you don’t even realize you’re holding.

And those knee changes? They’re cues you might notice as you explore these positions, not rules that apply to every body.

Sometimes improving your running form starts with paying attention to what’s happening ABOVE your feet.

Give the bowl-of-water exercise a try. Can you feel the difference between the three positions?

We went from waiting by the radio with our fingers hovering over RECORD, hoping the DJ would shut the hell up before the...
10/20/2026

We went from waiting by the radio with our fingers hovering over RECORD, hoping the DJ would shut the hell up before the chorus, to having basically every song ever made living in our pockets.

We survived tangled cassette tapes, scratched CDs, LimeWire giving the family computer 37 viruses, and spending an entire afternoon finding the perfect song for our MySpace profile.

And now we’re entering Cougar Puberty, forgetting why we opened Spotify, and needing three business days to recover from a concert.

What a time to be alive.

Anyway, if you ever used a pencil to rewind a cassette tape, you’re my people.

Meet Overcommitted Opal 👋🏽 She’s training for a marathon, signed up for a 50K because someone called it a “supported lon...
10/19/2026

Meet Overcommitted Opal 👋🏽

She’s training for a marathon, signed up for a 50K because someone called it a “supported long run,” decided HYROX would be great cross-training, and plays pickleball twice a week because apparently recovery is for people without hobbies.

She’s also in perimenopause, sleeping like a raccoon in a dumpster, and wondering why TF she’s so tired.

Girl. GIRL.

You’ve got 4 training plans, 6 race registrations, 3 pairs of carbon-plated shoes, 2 angry tendons, and one nervous system drafting its resignation letter.

Her Garmin says OVERREACHING.

Her coach says DELOAD.

Her body says PLEASE.

UltraSignup says CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’RE REGISTERED!

And Opal says, “Do you think I could squeeze in a 50-miler before my marathon?”

Her training philosophy?

More miles = more endurance.

More intensity = more fitness.

More races = more motivation.

More caffeine = more energy.

More recovery = ABSOLUTELY NOT. WE HAVE PLACES TO BE.

She’s got the discipline of a Navy SEAL, the impulse control of a toddler in a candy store, and the recovery capacity of a Nokia phone that’s been sitting in a junk drawer since 2004.

SOMEONE TAKE HER CREDIT CARD AND CHANGE HER ULTRASIGNUP PASSWORD.

Here’s the thing, Opal.

Your body doesn’t give a s**t how many training plans you’ve downloaded.

It only knows the total load you’re asking it to carry.

And when you’re trying to peak for EVERYTHING, you might just end up adapting to NOTHING.

Anyway, Opal just registered for another race.

She says it’s fine because it’s a recovery race.

PR in everything. Except recovery.

If Opal feels uncomfortably familiar, my Mastering Menopause guide is linked in my bio. Because sometimes the smartest training decision is choosing which finish line actually deserves your energy.

Happy World Menopause Day to everyone currently experiencing their 2nd puberty with considerably more responsibilities +...
10/18/2026

Happy World Menopause Day to everyone currently experiencing their 2nd puberty with considerably more responsibilities + significantly less patience.

We’re out here running businesses, raising families, training for races, managing entire households, and occasionally standing in front of an open refrigerator wondering what the hell we came for. And somehow we’re expected to act like nothing is happening.

Anyway, here’s to the women who are still showing up, still figuring it out, and occasionally threatening to move into the woods with the raccoons.

You’re my people 🫶🏽

10/18/2026

This is the word of the day everyday in menopause 🫣🫠

10/17/2026

Do not feed the animals (anything except gels) 🤭

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