Welcome
Beginner Runners
This is a big day, possibly a life-changing day, because you have landed in just the right place; you have found your running home.
I’m Coach Deb, and I’m glad you’re here. I created my Beginner Runner Podcast and my Beginner Runner Village just for you.
A former teacher, I’ve been running 49 years, ever since I ran my first miles to lose weight after my daughter Wendy was born.
I’ve completed over 300 races, including several ultra marathons with adult Wendy by my side, and I’ve been coaching 16 years.
But while I love running, nothing brings me more joy than helping non-runners discover running.
That’s where you come in.
“I first met Debbie Voiles at this marathon [San Francisco Marathon]. She appeared at the Run Tampa dinner that evening after having fallen at mile 17, gotten up and finished the race with a broken arm, and then gone to ER. Yet there she was at dinner being her charming self. I thought ‘I want to learn to run from THIS woman!’ ” — Kristen Antona
“I started running using a Couch to 5k app. After just one training session, I was AMAZED to find out that I LOVE running. In a Google search for advice on running, I found Debbie Voiles. Coach Deb offers a great program for anyone who wants to become a runner. No age is too old, no body shape is too large, no one is too out of shape.” — Beth Kauffman
“Coach Deb knows what she is talking about--- if you are a beginning runner sign up for her beginning runner schedule-- you will feel confident that you can succeed--- it will give the overweight or older person who desires to be a runner a schedule that will give confidence of how to start with a plan that will get you there with more confidence of not being sidelined by injury.” — Thomas Marino