Experienced tutor in Running in Queens, Tony offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Tony is a great mentor and teacher. He listens to his runners and always develops smart plans tailored to their individual goals. He knows when to push his athletes to their limits, and when to pull back and recharge.

Personalized training program that goes beyond the workouts themselves. Tony identifies the purpose of each week, a longer cycle and how to bring it all together on race day. Tony has tremendous experience and deep connections to the running community that make his relationship impactful beyond just the technical elements of the training program. Getting my weekly update is always one of my favorite moments of the week!

Tony is a truly exceptional running coach. As an experienced and accomplished runner himself, Tony understands (and can explain) running dynamics better than anyone I have ever known. Not only is Tony an incredible training coach but he is extremely accurate when preparing race plans! His pace suggestions and predictions have most always been well on point. For the very few times that pacing strategy didn’t work out, it was usually my own fault for not following instructions. Tony is not only a great coach, he is an all around great guy. I would highly recommend Tony as a coach for any runner!!

Guided according to your experience and fitness level, for long lasting run. Moreover you will be motivated!

Tony is dedicated, thoughtful, considerate and most of all, listens to how his athletes are feeling. He is encouraging when they need it and realistic as well. Most of all, his experience in dealing with so many athletes (beginner to world class) means he can dial in the training with precision and empathy. And he’s a runner!

It is a pleasure to work with Coach Tony! He has coached me to multiple PRs (10k to Marathon) and changed my training sessions to include track and tempos and makes sure I stay injury-free. Fantastic!

Tony does customized training programs for your specific needs, has the ability to push you at the right place delivering results, builds confidence and is well known and respected in the running community. It’s great working with Tony.

Tony Ruiz has a massive amount of experience as an elite runner and coach of competitive athletes. He's an exceptional mentor -- knowledgeable, practical, consistent, and supportive. He also seems to take genuine pleasure in the success of his athletes.

Tony has a not only deep expertise in running, but also a broad understanding of athletics and strategy. He helps his clients learn at a higher level.

Coach TR tells it like it is you gotta love it.
His teaching methods makes a lot of sense if you follow his plans you’re going to succeed
When Coach TR tells his old war stories He also tells it with a little humor and have you laughing wondering if he’s serious but indeed he is.
Then he gives you the work out then tells you to put your game face on.
Coach TR cheers at the races and screams at you if you’re doing great or bad you’ll definitely know why lol
He’s definitely one of a kind
Coach TR words and voice are in my head when I train and that’s really a powerful thing.

I remember when he took over as head coach at CPTC after the legendary Coach Wiz hung up his teaching spikes—big spikes to fill. But T showed that he’d been thinking and learning all those years, not only under Wiz but under all the other good coaches he’d had before that. And he’d learned from his own and others’ training experiences: the successes, yes, but also the mistakes. Because good coaching, like good running, is all about learning from practice, from experience, from both successes and mistakes.

Coach Tony is 100% committed to my success. The personalized training plans he developed for the events I run are challenging, achievable, and, most importantly, they improved (and continue to improve) my running capacity in terms of distance, speed, recoverability, and confidence in under three months.

Thoughtful, caring, knowledgeable, Coach Tony brings it all!