About me
Corto Benzoni
Running coach, in Lausanne.
Before coaching you, I walked the path myself, detours included. Here is where I come from, so you know who you are trusting with your project.
My journey
One single line,
from the tatami to the track.
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Karate · French university champion 01 · 15 years
Combat sports first
Fifteen years of combat sports, up to a high level in karate: twice French university champion, as a student-athlete. That is where I learned what a coach by your side really changes.
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02 · Master's
Understanding effort
Engineering and Ergonomics of Physical Activity, at Aix-Marseille University: biomechanics, exercise physiology, ergonomics. Both halves of my work are in the title of the degree.
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03 · 3 years
Ergonomist in Switzerland
Workstation design adviser in the cantons of Vaud, Fribourg and Valais. There I saw what a sedentary life does: hours spent sitting, with no physical activity, weighing on the rest of the week.
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04 · 2023
Running, alone
I took up running, convinced it was simple. First race in Barcelona, in February 2023: a damaged tendon behind the knee, six months without running. Then more injuries, and race bibs paid for but never run.
Barcelona · the bib of my first race -
05 · The turning point
Being coached
What changed everything was not a new plan. It was someone who looked at my week, my aches and my schedule, and adjusted things with me.
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06 · 20 races
Six countries, from the 5K to the marathon
Geneva, Lausanne, Paris, Lisbon, Barcelona, Budapest, Cannes, Amsterdam. Twenty start lines, twenty times the same nerves on waking up.
Lisbon Half Marathon -
07 · Today
Horizon
I bring it all together for you: the discipline of combat sports, the eye of an ergonomist and the mistakes of a runner. You set the course, I'll handle the path.
How I coach
Listening to you first.
I listen to you
Your story, what stopped you, what excites you. Not a template plan.
I start from your week
Work, sleep, family, aches and pains. A plan that does not fit your life does not work at all.
I explain everything
Why this session, what it is for. The goal: for you to become independent.
What's next
See you
on 1 December.
I am preparing the first coaching programmes for 1 December 2026. Leave me your email address and I will write to you when it opens. No commitment.