Background:

• USAC Certified Cycling Coach - Level 2
• ACE Certified Personal Trainer
• 18 years of cycling
• 15 years of triathlon
• 4 years of adventure racing

Coaching Goals:

• Provide safe, goal-based training
• Teach the importance of recovery
• Measure success
• Convey racing and competitive strategies

I grew up in a household where goals were paramount. My mother started out as a 10k runner, then a marathoner, then a triathlete, then an IronMan (or is that IronWoman?) The title may not be important; it’s what she did to get there. She taught me the importance of setting small, achievable goals, and making your life your own. She was ‘Just-do-it’ well before Nike just-did-it.

It’s important to me to translate the value of safe training – many people look at training as an all-out effort every day, every week. Workouts need to cover a wide range of efforts: each session has a purpose, an underlying goal to take you to your next race better than you were before and at your top level of performance. Building recovery into a program is not just a nice-to-have; it’s a critical component that cannot be ignored.

Success, if it is to be defined at all, must be measured. Whether it’s a picture of your former self, a race result, a journal, it’s about transformation and seeing progress. There also needs to be balance regarding the measurement. Sometimes you need a run, just for a run’s sake and its ok to leave the watch at home.

Racing and competition are an important part of my life. You can find me anywhere from 10k’s to multi-day expedition racing and I believe strongly in our ability to push each other and attain new heights of physical capability. I believe competition isn’t about beating someone else, it’s about getting pushed (and allowing yourself to be pushed) by your fellow competitors and discovering you are suddenly capable of attaining something you thought out-of-reach.