The New Standard in
Online Coaching
Chaski is re-inventing online coaching
for athletes of all levels
around the world.
We've trained an unprecedented collective of world-class coaches.
We're building a real community of athletes, coaches, and fans.
We're telling the world to come together and re-imagine their limits.
What is Chaski?
Chaski Endurance Collective is here to re-invent online coaching. We strive to empower athletes of all levels and foster community through human-to-human, adaptive coaching.
Chaski Coaches are all current or former elite competitors themselves. Thanks to their diverse and world-class experience along with our rigorous in-house coaching curriculum and required certifications, our team is qualified to coach you to your best at any distance and any surface.
The Chaski Difference
Since Day-1, we knew we wanted to do things differently. Chaski was founded with a community-focused, long-term vision and a goal of creating a new, unique way to empower athletes and foster community around the globe.
The Old Standard
"It's so inspiring to me to know that my coach is competing at the front of these huge races - but he's also just an awesome, hilarious person."
- Stanley K., Marathoner
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Our Team
Chaski isn't centered around one person or one philosophy, but is made up of 20+ world class athlete-coaches.
Mike Wardian
Devon Yanko
Coree Woltering
Dani Moreno
Chaski: Our Worldwide Community
What's the name?
“Chaski” was the title given to the messenger-runners whose duties were essential in operating the Incan Empire, the ancestors of Chaski Coaching Director Fredy Moposita. Revered for their endurance, a Chaski would run over and across the Andes Mountains and through deserts along the ancient Qhapaq Ñan, the network of Inca trails, delivering coded messages.
The word “Chaski” comes from Quechua, the language of the indigenous people of the Andes and descendants of the Incas. It is pronounced “cha” (as in “cha-cha slide”) and “ski” as in what you do when you slide down a mountain with boards on your feet. The emphasis is on the first syllable: CHA-ski.
As for the spelling, the Quechua writing system was lost with the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century and so any Quechua word that you see written with this alphabet has simply been translated phonetically. So you might sometimes see Chaski written “chasqui” or even “chasqi;” we have chosen “Chaski” to avoid confusion about how to pronounce the second syllable.
In a very cool linguistic feature, “Chaski” is also a verb meaning to exchange or share (derived from the responsibilities of the messengers).
Chaski Endurance Collective hopes to embody every sense of the original Quechua meaning. We seek to embody the messenger-runners’ formidable skills at covering ground and live the act of exchanging and sharing ideas and experiences with athletes and coaches.