About Me
Hello, I’m Adam Bean.
I’m married, have three grown children, live in Pittsburgh, and I’ve spent an enjoyable career as a writer and editor.
For 15 of those years, I was a staffer at Runner’s World magazine. At the end of my time there, I was the International Editorial Director overseeing our 10 overseas editions.
I’ve been a runner since high school, and I’m now 65, so I’ve been doing this a long time. I’ve learned a lot.
Along the way, I’ve coached some people formally, and a lot of people informally. At the end of 2025, I decided to go into coaching in a big way. Full time. So here we are.
Running has done so much for me, and I’m certain it can do the same for you.
I’d be honored to help you with that.
Here are my credentials for this job:
- RRCA Level 1 Certified Coach.
- Runner for 49 years and counting; 37 marathons completed, plus dozens of half-marathons, 10Ks, and 5Ks.
- Former editor at Runner’s World magazine (15 years).
- Book co-author with Olympian Kara Goucher, Kara Goucher’s Running for Women: From First Steps to Marathons (Simon & Schuster, 2011)
- Former high school track and cross-country coach.
- Volunteer counselor, Crisis Text Line.
- Two-time finisher (at ages 51 and 62) of the Marathon des Sables 150-mile stage race in Morocco, aka “the toughest footrace on Earth.”
- Former Division I track and cross-country scholarship athlete.
- Member of the Runner’s World Pace Team at the December 1995 St. George (UT) Marathon, the first time pace groups appeared in a road race.
- Fastest times (from the Stone Age): Marathon: 2:42:37. Half-Marathon: 1:14:27. 10-Mile: 53:55. 10K: 31:54. 5K: 15:12. Mile: 4:16.
$195/month
Discount packages available for multi-month signup!
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412.254.6365
CoachBean@offlinerunning.com
Your running journey awaits.