Meet the Coach

Francesca Barbetta is a certified run coach, marathoner and full-time working mom of three. Since 2012, she has completed 12 marathons (including one entirely on a treadmill) along with 21 half marathons and 3 ultramarathons, her longest distance being a 50 mile race.

Francesca has been a running coach since 2012 where she started as the head middle school track coach at the school she was an English teacher at for 4 years. She then started working with adult runners in 2017 from shorter distances to longer distances (half and full marathons and ultras). Her passion for coaching and love for working with runners is why she continues to coach today.

Francesca’s background as a single mom and being raised by one herself has made her that much more vigilant to saving and spending money wisely. This is where part of her love and passion for making homemade energy gels has come from.

The other part is from wanting to fuel her body with nutritious ingredients that help energize her body and keep her going strong for all distances she races from shorter distances to half marathons, marathons, and ultras!

She shares her passion for running, fueling, training and balancing motherhood with endurance sports through her social media community where she provides approachable and valuable running and fueling tips drawn from her experience as both a longtime runner and coach. Francesca is happily married to her husband whom she met when she was a single mom to her oldest son.