About Me

Thanks for visiting Plant Powered Running! I’m David, a plant-based ultrarunner, RRCA-certified coach, and Switch4Good athlete living in beautiful Frederick, Maryland. I’m also the director of science and technology at The Good Food Institute.

I provide online and in-person coaching to help you improve your fitness, achieve your goals, and ensure you love running as much as I do. My transition to a whole-food plant-based lifestyle has had a massive positive impact on my life and significantly improved my running and overall health. You don’t need to be vegan to work with me (I coach vegans and carnivores) but I would love to help you fuel your running with more plants!

Using my certificate in plant-based nutrition from Cornell University and Ph.D. in molecular biology, I can help you integrate a plant-based diet with your running.

Read more about my coaching philosophy and my journey to plant-powered running.