Mario Buchs

Certified Endurance Coach, Ultrarunner & Leadership Performance Practitioner

Mario Buchs is a certified endurance coach, ultrarunner and leadership performance practitioner whose career has spanned engineering, business, leadership, endurance sport and human development.

His professional career began in service engineering and grew into senior technical, operational, sales and leadership roles across an international business career spanning more than two decades. A defining chapter came when Mario became Site Leader for a $110 million greenfield printing facility in Liverpool, UK, the largest greenfield printing site of its kind at the time. Over four years, he led a team of 18 through the complex process of commissioning, development and final project sign-off, gaining first-hand experience of leadership, accountability, communication, problem-solving and performing under pressure.

Alongside his corporate career, Mario discovered endurance running and transformed his own health and performance through running, nutrition and strength training. He has since completed 22 ultramarathons, including multiple 100-mile-plus events, and developed a deep fascination with what happens to people when they are pushed beyond their perceived limits.

That experience became the foundation for Healthetica Coaching, where Mario works with endurance athletes across running, ultrarunning, strength, mindset and endurance sport nutrition. He also founded Forward Motion Leadership, bringing the principles of human performance into leadership and team development.

Mario is also the host and co-host of two podcasts: Strides & Vibes, exploring the stories, personalities and experiences behind endurance sport, and The One Percenters Performance Podcast, where he explores the mindset, leadership and performance principles that help people become better versions of themselves.

Mario believes the worlds of business, leadership and endurance sport have far more in common than we often recognise. Resilience, self-awareness, trust, communication, decision-making and the ability to keep moving forward when things get difficult are not simply performance skills - they are human skills.
Through his coaching, writing, podcasts and speaking, Mario explores one question above all:

How do we unlock human performance without losing the human in performance?