The creator behind ROOTz
Intro
Hey there, I’m Sophie.
Endurance athlete and founder of ROOTz.
After thirteen years working as an engineer, team lead and project manager — notably at Strava — I chose to train in mental performance coaching and sophrology. My goal is to better understand human functioning under effort, and more specifically how mental, emotional and physiological dimensions influence performance.
I created ROOTz to give internal signals a structured place, as they are still largely absent from performance monitoring tools.
The passion for endurance
I've been passionate about endurance and mountain sports for many years. I love long hours outside: trail running and long-distance cycling, ski touring, climbing, backpacking... Ultras have become my exploration ground.
These experiences have taught me a key lesson:
sustainable performance does not rely solely on physical capacity, but on psychological balance — between load, recovery and mental engagement.
The race that fascinates me most to this day remains the TOR des Géants. A 350km race with 24,000m of elevation gain, circling the Aosta Valley in Italy.
The ROOTz project
My professional background and athletic experience inform every step of ROOTz’s development.
The application I am building aims to help athletes:
structure the tracking of mental and emotional load
identify recurring signals of fatigue, overload or disengagement
better contextualize performance and its variations
adjust training while accounting for overall internal state
ROOTz is designed by and for endurance athletes.
The project is still in development, but the ambition is clear: to make internal dimensions of performance more readable, comparable and usable.
Individual coaching
I also offer individual coaching in mental performance and sophrology through Longue Distance.
This work is distinct from ROOTz, but complementary: one focuses on human support and guidance, the other on structuring and analyzing subjective data.
Let's go further together
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Contact me directly if you'd like to discuss the project or take part in the application testing.