I’m Guillaume Adam, a French runner, former international 1500m athlete, sub-4-minute miler, marathoner, engineer and co-founder of RunMotion Coach.
Running has shaped most of my life, from competing for the French national team on the track to running marathons and trails, conducting research into endurance performance, and eventually building technology to help other runners reach their goals.
My personal bests include 3:38.41 for 1500m, 3:58.38 for the mile, 29:31 for 10km and 2:23 for the marathon. I have won 25 medals at French National Championships, including the French indoor 3000m title.
From the French national team to a sub-4-minute mile
I competed primarily as a middle-distance runner and represented France in the 1500m.
My 1500m personal best is 3:38.41, achieved in 2014. I later moved up in distance while continuing to compete on the track.
From 2016 to 2018, I lived in Boston, Massachusetts, where I trained with the Boston Athletic Association, the club behind the Boston Marathon.
In February 2017, I achieved one of my major sporting goals by running the indoor mile in 3:59.74, becoming a sub-4-minute miler.
Training in Birmingham and winning the BUCS 1500m
Before moving to Boston, I spent the 2013–2014 academic year in the United Kingdom as an exchange student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Birmingham.
There, I joined the training group coached by Bud Baldaro, alongside some of Britain’s leading middle-distance athletes.
During my time in the UK, I won the BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) 1500m title, one of my strongest memories from my years racing on the track.
Running science and research at MIT
Alongside elite sport, I studied engineering at INSA Lyon and developed a strong interest in the science behind endurance performance.
While living in Boston, I contributed to research at MIT focused on predicting distance-running performance.
This work resulted in scientific research on modelling running performance, an area that would later strongly influence the algorithms and training methodology behind RunMotion Coach. RunMotion’s current profile of my work also highlights this combination of engineering, sports science and performance modelling.
You can read the research here: A mathematical model of marathon performance
From track racing to the marathon
After years focused on the 1500m and 3000m, I progressively moved towards longer distances.
I ran my first marathon in Lausanne in 2018, finishing fourth in 2:28.
In 2019, I ran the Paris Marathon with my twin brother Romain. We even found ourselves at the front of the race for several kilometres – an unusual experience that generated a video viewed hundreds of thousands of times online.
Later that year, I was the first French finisher at the New York City Marathon, placing 45th among more than 50,000 runners.
Since then, I have improved my marathon personal best to 2:23 and continued exploring everything running has to offer, from road racing to trail running. RunMotion currently lists my key performances as 3:38 for 1500m, 7:57 for 3000m, 29:31 for 10km, 1:07 for the half marathon and 2:23 for the marathon.
Co-founder and Head of R&D at RunMotion Coach
In 2018, I co-founded RunMotion Coach with the ambition of making high-quality, personalized running coaching accessible to every runner.
Today, I lead much of the technical and R&D work behind the application, combining experience from elite sport, coaching, data science and endurance research.
I have developed many of the algorithms used to personalize training plans and predict running performance. RunMotion Coach now helps runners prepare for goals ranging from their first 5K to marathons, trail races and ultramarathons.
What began as a project between passionate runners has grown into an international running coaching platform.
Running coach and author
Beyond my own racing, I enjoy sharing what I have learned about training and performance.
I am a certified running coach and the author of Ma bible du running, du trail et du marathon, a comprehensive guide to running training, published by Leduc.
My approach combines three things that have defined my own journey: sports science, real-world elite training experience and technology.
Whether I am developing RunMotion Coach, analysing running performance or preparing for my next race, the objective remains the same: understand how runners can train smarter and get the most out of their potential.
Personal bests
| Distance | Personal Best |
|---|---|
| 1500m | 3:38.41 |
| Mile | 3:58.38 |
| 3000m | 7:57.53 |
| 10km | 29:31 |
| Half Marathon | 1:07 |
| Marathon | 2:23 |
Highlights
- French international athlete in the 1500m
- French Indoor 3000m Champion
- 25 French National Championship medals
- Sub-4-minute miler – 3:58.38
- BUCS 1500m Champion
- 2:23 marathon runner
- First French finisher at the 2019 New York City Marathon
- Engineer and running-performance researcher
- Co-founder and CTO at RunMotion Coach
- Certified running coach
- Author of Ma bible du running, du trail et du marathon
