Thinking about signing up for coaching

[OakLeaf]

I'm actually considering hiring a RUNNING coach, but posting here to get more eyeballs, since I don't think there's probably much difference in the basic questions.

For those of you who've used a coach to help you meet personal goals, how did you choose one? Were you happy with the program at the end of it, and if not, what would you have done differently?

As far as "remote" vs in-person coaching, some of the advantages/disadvantages are obvious: coach's ability to observe and tweak form issues, having to drive long distances to the workouts, greater feeling of accountabillity, schedule flexibility, price. Are there other reasons I should think harder about in-person coaching? FWIW, if I choose a remote coach (or decide to stay self-coached), I'll probably also do another Chi Running workshop at some point in the season to brush up.

How important are the coach's own sporting credentials and personal race results, vs. their coaching experience (which real information is hard to find when you're talking about someone coaching people at my level)?

And ... if you've used and would recommend a remote running coach, who were they?

TIA,

Oak