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Brennan is racing at the OCC by UTMB 2024

Lake District · Worldwide

Train Smarter. Perform Stronger.

About Us

Townshend Performance is a coaching team based in the Lake District, led by elite athlete Brennan Townshend and coach Kat Townshend. We work with runners at every level — building consistency, structure and long-term performance.

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We Work With

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New to training

Build consistency, confidence, and a strong foundation

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Intermediate athletes

Break plateaus and train with more structure

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Competitive / Elite

Maximise performance, race execution, and long-term progression

What We Offer

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Online Running Coaching

Runner development for road, trail and mountain performance 

Bespoke
Training Plans

Custom running plans to boost endurance, strength, and performance - tailored to your lifestyle, never generic.

What Our Athletes Say

7th place, UTS 100

A year ago the idea of finishing UTS 100 was simply unachievable for me - injury after injury made my first year of running a nightmare. Kat's taken me from strength to strength, kept me injury free, and pushed me to levels I could not have achieved on my own.

Dave

Ultra runner

40 min to 34:19 for 10K

At all stages Brennan has been incredibly helpful - patient, thorough, and encouraging. Under his guidance I've improved from 40:xx for the 10K to 34:19, and from 1:54:40 to 1:15:37 for the half marathon. I've no doubt I've seen a far greater scale of improvement than I'd have achieved alone.

Sam

Marathon runner

PB pace at 53

I'm 53 and having a coach for the first time has been a revelation. In the last year I've run fell races at PB pace - as fast as I've been for 10 -15 years - and been course fastest finisher at the Great Lakeland 3 Day. I never imagined I'd perform at this level at this age.

Martin

Trail runner

16th to front of field

I surprised myself in this race. Due to structured coaching and advice I was able to achieve this position. In 2019 I came 16th before we started working together. The training has been tailored to suit my work commitments - maximising available time and the terrain at hand.

Hamish

Fell runner

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