Meet Coach Dan

Dan Crespo is the Founder and Head Coach at Faru Performance.

Dan specializes in developing training plans to preparing athletes for the unique demands of mountain and ultra trail racing based on more than two decades of experience in elite-level endurance sports spanning both cycling and ultra trail mountain racing.

As an ultra trail athlete, Dan has achieved numerous top 10 results, including at High Lonesome 100 (M6), Leadville Marathon (10th), and Royal Gorge Groove 50k (4th). Dan has clocked sub 3-hour finishes in the Pikes Peak Ascent and finished the Leadville 100 twice, with a PR of 22:55. Dan also has a 650+ UTMB Index, placing him in the top 2% of all UTMB-Indexed runners worldwide.

Dan is a former Category 1 Road and Track cyclist having achieved numerous wins, podiums, and top results during a cycling career that spanned 200+ elite national and international races. During that time, Dan was fortunate enough to be coached by several leading scientists and to train alongside some of the best professional cyclists of that time. This experience helped Dan to develop his own models for effective training and recovery that have enabled him to consistently perform at a high level in multiple sports.

For several years, Dan has been somewhat of an “accidental coach”—a coincidence that has helped him find both purpose and fulfillment in helping others grow as athletes. Dan enjoys working with athletes across a range of ages, athletic abilities, and experience, which is what ultimately led “Coach” Dan to embrace the prefix and start Faru Performance.