“Without intending to sound ‘salesy’ I can honestly say that the value of this clinic is unlike anything else comparable out there. If you were to cost these elements individually the value is at least 10 X the price of the clinic.” – Nick Bester
The Best Athletics 6-week Training Stack
An introductory video on what you can expect from the clinic and what is expected of you to realise your 5k PB in six weeks.
Five simple but detailed step-by-step video presentations on the key aspects of running your 5k PB by Nick and the Best Athletics coaches. (see below for more detail on the Five Pillars).
6-week training plan in PDF format.
Strength & Conditioning Guide in PDF format.
Nutrition Guide in PDF format.
Training plan on Training Peaks. (more details on this below)
Links to other lectures or videos that supplement and support the pre-recorded videos and provide more detail.
Membership of and participation in an online forum hosted on Facebook with an international online running community facilitated by the Best Athletics coaches, all focussed on a single goal: achieving your 5k PB in 6-weeks!
Weekly coaching videos from Nick throughout the six weeks.
Two live panel discussions and athlete Q&A’s, one in week 3 and one at the end of the programme just before you run your 5k time trail/Park Run. (Both are recorded for later viewing for anyone unable to attend live.)
Your Ultimate 5K Training Plan
Like any sport, and so many other things in life, running excellence does not happen randomly. This is excellence by design. The Ultimate 5k Running Plan focuses on five essential pillars of a successful training plan to ensure you achieve or exceed your 5k PB goal.
- Six-week training plan, head coach Nick Bester.
- Strength and conditioning, coach Luke.
- Nutrition, coach Aaron.
- Injury prevention and management, coach Luke.
- The Runner’s Mind: coach Nick Bester
Training Peaks
Sign up for the Best Athletics Running Clinic and you will be given free access to Training Peaks. All you need to do is register on Training Peaks and you will be able to download Nick Bester’s pre-built 5k running plan and connect your favourite compatible fitness device to your Training Peaks account.
Training Peaks will then send alerts to your fitness device, detailing the workout for the day and will sync your scheduled sessions to your smartwatch so that you get real-time training prompts during your workouts. After your session is completed, your data will be sent back to Training Peaks so that you can track your progress and watch your fitness improve.
Clinic Logistics
All coaching material is pre-recorded and is available to you once the programme starts on the Best Athletics Learning Platform on the 1 June 2024
You will be able to access the introductory video (and some sneaky prep videos 
) immediately upon registration.
Access to the athlete forum is within 48 hours of registration, continuous throughout the clinic, and will only close 10-days after the clinic is done. (We want to hear your results after all. 
)
The athlete forum is facilitated by the Best Athletic Coaches.
You will receive all new content notifications via email and on the forum.
Each week of the clinic you will receive a coaching video that outlines the focus for that week.
The clinic includes two live panels discussion, one mid clinic and one just before your PB time-trial (hosted on Zoom).
The clinic is online, and the programme can be done from anywhere in the world provided you have internet access and a burning desire to smash your 5k PB!.
Registration
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“Join me and the team along with an international community of runners for the next 6 weeks as we prep you to smash your 5k PB!”
BE YOUR BEST!
Your coaching team
Nick Bester – Founder of Best Athletics Running Club (registered with England Athletics), Head Coach of Best Athletics, Online Running Coach and Adidas London Captain. Certified Running Leader with England Athletics, Certified Coach in Running Fitness with England Athletics.
Nick is 34 years old and a full-time running coach, athlete, and founder of Best Athletics, one of the fastest growing clubs in the UK with well over 500 members and 9 coaches. He is also the Adidas London Captain. He is a passionate runner, looking to improve and help as many fellow runners as he can on his journey. Nick has 100 000 followers across his social media platforms.
When Nick first started running, he did not enjoy it one bit! It was so much effort for such little reward. Every km was a slog and he couldn’t believe people actually choose to do this and have fun doing it. His first ever 5k was over 25 minutes. However, after completing his first race, he finally started getting fitter and started enjoying running more.
Nick is now at the stage where he depends on running and believes that very few things are sweeter in life than a PB and nothing in the world beats that endorphin release that running gives you – NOTHING!
Nick has run over 70 consecutive sub 3 marathons. His current PB’s are:
- Marathon: 2:20:08
- Half Marathon: 1:06:19
- 10k: 30:46
- 5k: 14:34
Aaron Finn (SENr, MSc, BSc, UKAD, PN1)
Performance Nutritionist & Founder of Conscious Performance
A coach, but more importantly, an athlete too. An athlete who has suffered at the hands of miss information and confusion around nutrition and fuelling performance!
“This is why I do what I do. I’ve been where you are right now. I’ve been in that situation where I didn’t know the solution. I made the decision to get educated, but that still wasn’t enough. I still had to suffer through health setbacks, injuries, and performance plateaus. Through, years of consistent work, dedication and sacrifice, I have built the knowledge and skills needed to overcome my own performance problems.
So, this little fire in me, a passion to help other athletes overcome issues that might have persisted with them through their entire career and maybe in some cases could of stopped them from competing or enjoying their sports.”
Aaron helps endurance athletes who are struggling with not knowing how to fuel their training, not knowing how to adapt their nutrition to their competition to their goals their demands. He works with athletes who are completely unsure of and unaware of how to start tacking their diet, fine tune things on race day in terms of plans, techniques and strategies.
Luke Vanderfeen: Bachelor of Exercise Science, Master of Physiotherapy, qualified reformer Pilate instructor and strength and conditioning coach.
Luke grew up in Tasmania, Australia making the move to London in 2022. Luke developed a passion for the human body after several long-term personal sporting injuries and this led him to pursue studies in Exercise Science and Physiotherapy.
Like many people Luke turned to running during COVID and has been hooked ever since. He saw a massive change in his own physical and mental health, as well as the positive changes that outdoor exercise was having on the wider community during a tough time.
Since moving to London, running has been Luke’s primary focus both as a sport and as a physio. He has completed several half marathons & recently completed his first marathon in Valencia in 2:57.
With further qualifications as a Strength and Conditioning Coach and as a Reformer Pilates instructor, Luke is able to utilise this knowledge to provide elite physiotherapy advice & programming for athletes of all levels. Working out of The Running Room in London, Luke specialises in working with runners of all abilities both face to face and online.
Amie Walker: BSc Exercise and Sport Science – Coaching Assistant
Sport of any and every kind has always played a huge part in my life, with running the pinnacle of my passion. Nothing else in the world makes me feel as alive and invigorated as running does, especially back where I grew up in North Devon along the coastal paths of the South West!
Running allows me to feel grounded in times of uncertainty, challenges me to be tough when I am feeling weak and takes me to places I never thought I could go. Running is what fills me with joy, keeps me smiling and keeps me positive. The pure love to move one foot after the other has led me to develop into a running coach for Best Athletics adding to my already established degree in Sport and Exercise Science.
I also work full time for Best Athletics which has opened up so many incredible opportunities and involvement with marketing, social media, planning events, help organise our own race series, coaching track sessions, merchandise, website designs, newsletters and so much more!
Having originally come from an athletics background, competing in 800m, 1500m and Cross Country, since moving to London and joining Best Athletics I have spent my time competing in half marathons. My personal highlight being the Barcelona Half Marathon in February 2023 where I finished in a time of 01:23:19, qualifying me for a championship entry to the London Marathon 2024. I strongly believe to become the fastest and strongest runner you need to be able to excel and perform in an array of distances. I achieved my 5km (18:16) and 10km (38:35) PB following my half marathon build. I also love the cross training side of training which has inspired me to complete my first Ironman in Austria in September!
If you haven’t already noticed, fitness is my life, it’s what consumes me and beyond running I engage in cycling, swimming, strength training and all things yogi (and yes that includes meditation and a whole food plant-based diet…)
Nick Bester – Founder of Best Athletics Running Club (registered with England Athletics), Head Coach of Best Athletics, Online Running Coach and Adidas London Captain. Certified Running Leader with England Athletics, Certified Coach in Running Fitness with England Athletics.
Nick is 34 years old and a full-time running coach, athlete, and founder of Best Athletics, one of the fastest growing clubs in the UK with well over 500 members and 9 coaches. He is also the Adidas London Captain. He is a passionate runner, looking to improve and help as many fellow runners as he can on his journey. Nick has 100 000 followers across his social media platforms.
When Nick first started running, he did not enjoy it one bit! It was so much effort for such little reward. Every km was a slog and he couldn’t believe people actually choose to do this and have fun doing it. His first ever 5k was over 25 minutes. However, after completing his first race, he finally started getting fitter and started enjoying running more.
Nick is now at the stage where he depends on running and believes that very few things are sweeter in life than a PB and nothing in the world beats that endorphin release that running gives you – NOTHING!
Nick has run over 70 consecutive sub 3 marathons. His current PB’s are:
- Marathon: 2:20:08
- Half Marathon: 1:06:19
- 10k: 30:46
- 5k: 14:34
Aaron Finn (SENr, MSc, BSc, UKAD, PN1)
Performance Nutritionist & Founder of Conscious Performance
A coach, but more importantly, an athlete too. An athlete who has suffered at the hands of miss information and confusion around nutrition and fuelling performance!
“This is why I do what I do. I’ve been where you are right now. I’ve been in that situation where I didn’t know the solution. I made the decision to get educated, but that still wasn’t enough. I still had to suffer through health setbacks, injuries, and performance plateaus. Through, years of consistent work, dedication and sacrifice, I have built the knowledge and skills needed to overcome my own performance problems.
So, this little fire in me, a passion to help other athletes overcome issues that might have persisted with them through their entire career and maybe in some cases could of stopped them from competing or enjoying their sports.”
Aaron helps endurance athletes who are struggling with not knowing how to fuel their training, not knowing how to adapt their nutrition to their competition to their goals their demands. He works with athletes who are completely unsure of and unaware of how to start tacking their diet, fine tune things on race day in terms of plans, techniques and strategies.
Luke Vanderfeen: Bachelor of Exercise Science, Master of Physiotherapy, qualified reformer Pilate instructor and strength and conditioning coach
Luke grew up in Tasmania, Australia making the move to London in 2022. Luke developed a passion for the human body after several long-term personal sporting injuries and this led him to pursue studies in Exercise Science and Physiotherapy.
Like many people Luke turned to running during COVID and has been hooked ever since. He saw a massive change in his own physical and mental health, as well as the positive changes that outdoor exercise was having on the wider community during a tough time.
Since moving to London, running has been Luke’s primary focus both as a sport and as a physio. He has completed several half marathons & recently completed his first marathon in Valencia in 2:57.
With further qualifications as a Strength and Conditioning Coach and as a Reformer Pilates instructor, Luke is able to utilise this knowledge to provide elite physiotherapy advice & programming for athletes of all levels. Working out of The Running Room in London, Luke specialises in working with runners of all abilities both face to face and online.
Amie Walker: BSc Exercise and Sport Science – Coaching Assistant
Sport of any and every kind has always played a huge part in my life, with running the pinnacle of my passion. Nothing else in the world makes me feel as alive and invigorated as running does, especially back where I grew up in North Devon along the coastal paths of the South West!
Running allows me to feel grounded in times of uncertainty, challenges me to be tough when I am feeling weak and takes me to places I never thought I could go. Running is what fills me with joy, keeps me smiling and keeps me positive. The pure love to move one foot after the other has led me to develop into a running coach for Best Athletics adding to my already established degree in Sport and Exercise Science.
I also work full time for Best Athletics which has opened up so many incredible opportunities and involvement with marketing, social media, planning events, help organise our own race series, coaching track sessions, merchandise, website designs, newsletters and so much more!
Having originally come from an athletics background, competing in 800m, 1500m and Cross Country, since moving to London and joining Best Athletics I have spent my time competing in half marathons. My personal highlight being the Barcelona Half Marathon in February 2023 where I finished in a time of 01:23:19, qualifying me for a championship entry to the London Marathon 2024. I strongly believe to become the fastest and strongest runner you need to be able to excel and perform in an array of distances. I achieved my 5km (18:16) and 10km (38:35) PB following my half marathon build. I also love the cross training side of training which has inspired me to complete my first Ironman in Austria in September!
If you haven’t already noticed, fitness is my life, it’s what consumes me and beyond running I engage in cycling, swimming, strength training and all things yogi (and yes that includes meditation and a whole food plant-based diet…)
Testimonials
Motivated, positive and just an all-round fantastic person, Nick truly knows running! He has his own mammoth dreams that he works towards and it's so very inspiring to be around someone who isn't afraid to believe and put in the hard work. I think he should be an Olympian! What's it like having Nick as a coach and being surrounded by the loveliest cheerleaders (and some damn fast runners) in Best Athletics? Bloody wonderful!"
I ran a 2:55 time at Brighton in September coming 42nd in one of the UK’s biggest marathons alongside hitting a whole host of PBs and personal goals since. I have not looked back. I’m now working with Nick towards some big goals in 2022 at Rome and London marathons this year where I hope to reach well below a 2:50 marathon time. As well as being a dedicated running coach, Nick’s attitude towards hard work and achieving goals is a solid example to follow in all walks of life.
Alongside his personal coaching, he has also created a really inclusive club environment full of fantastic people that I am now really proud to be a part of. “For anyone thinking about taking their running more seriously, take the jump and be your best with Nick and the team at Best Athletics.”
Nick has made me feel so confident as a runner and want to keep improving myself to get new personal best times. He’s always there to answer my questions and support me when necessary. Nick is the best coach and I would 100% recommend going to him and the best athletes.
Once again, thank you Nick.”
I challenge you to find someone with as much positivity about running (and life!) as Nick does. I've been coached by Nick for one year and I have PB’d over the 5km, 10km, half marathon and marathon, but more importantly I have never felt as passionate about running as I do now."
He has given me confidence and motivation to smash my targets; who would have thought 2 years on from my first marathon and joining Nick’s coaching I could improve my marathon time from 4hrs 34 at London 2019 to 2hrs 52 at Valencia 2021! A huge yes from me, a plan I can genuinely stick to and want to stick to, the perfect balance between challenge and reward.”
