Become A Mentor- Puget Sound

Join our Fleet Feet Mentor Team!

Mentors play an important role in ensuring a great experience for our training program participants. Do you have what it takes to be a mentor? 

The Fleet Feet Mentor Team is a passionate group of run mentors who help people reach their goals.

What is a Mentor?
A Mentor is an invaluable resource to our training program participants and an "on the road" representative of Fleet Feet. Mentors attend every group workout throughout a training program to provide support. Their main responsibilities include:

• Offering positive energy and an encouraging attitude to the group
• Promoting safety and providing support during workouts
• Keeping an assigned approximate pace or interval while walking or running
• Running alongside participants and making sure everyone is accounted for
• Educating participants about the benefits, products and solutions that Fleet Feet offers
• Calling on their past personal experiences to provide knowledge, advice, and general tips when it comes to training and living healthy

Requirements:

• Can motivate and inspire others in a positive manner
• Has completed at least 2 races at your desired distance
• Able to attend a minimum of 75% of all training workouts
• Run for the purpose of mentoring and not your own workout- during group runs and the goal race
• Able to attend the group's goal race to support and run with the participants
• Relay critical information, suggestions and concerns to the Head Coach
• Can maintain a desired pace or has access to a GPS watch for pace guidance
• A desire to help others achieve their goals
• Fleet Feet store ambassador
• Attend Mentor Trainings
• Can arrive 15 minutes before each practice to meet with the coach and greet participants

What distances can I mentor for?:

• Ignite! 5k Training- interval to finish (walk/run), run to finish 
• Half Marathon/ Marathon
• Explore Trails

Benefits:

• Warm fuzzy feeling knowing that you made a difference in someone's running
• Free entry into the training program you are mentoring 
• Free entry into the program goal race
• Post-training program celebration

Click Here to fill out the Mentor Application.  

Questions? Contact Steve Warrington at steve@fleetfeetspokane.com