Individually tailored triathlon coaching from sprint to Ironman distance, beginner to seasoned athlete. Most of my athletes are coached virtually — the plan travels with you.
Results 2009–2023. Competing since 1981 · 200+ races · Kona Ironman World Championship qualifier and finisher · four-time US National Championship competitor
High-school cross-country runner and swimmer, Division I collegiate swimmer, triathlete since 1981, and a member of the US military's CISM triathlon team.
I have coached triathletes for over twenty years and have been certified by USA Triathlon since 2009. I have competed at local, state, regional, national and international level with multiple podium finishes, and I still race — which keeps the coaching honest.
Certification is maintained through twelve continuing-education units every two-year cycle, clinic participation and annual background checks.
There are roughly 2,100 USAT Level I coaches in the United States, and only about 75 hold Level IIE with paratriathlon qualification. Very few coaches nationally carry that combination alongside masters swimming and Slowtwitch certification.
You don't get stronger when you train. You get stronger when you rest. Everything I build works from that.
We build a realistic, repeatable weekly schedule around your work, family and social commitments — typically three sessions in each discipline plus strength. Consistency beats heroics.
Your baseline sets frequency. Intensity and duration are what I adjust to produce a training effect. Swimming a mile slowly makes you good at swimming a mile slowly.
Overload, rest, adapt, repeat. Your season mixes easy, medium, hard and very hard weeks, with step-back weeks scheduled around the life events you already know about.
Train movements, not muscles. Rotational core work and isolated movements like the single-leg squat form the foundation for five strength phases leading to race season — and materially reduce injury risk.
Heart-rate zones 1–5 come from lactate-threshold testing: a 5k for the run, a 20-minute time trial for the bike, an in-pool test for the swim. A power meter is a bonus, not a requirement.
We rank your races A, B and C, then plan backward — a macro season schedule, monthly meso cycles, and weekly micro cycles that flex when life moves.
“Think of food not just as nutrition, but as fuel. You wouldn't put gas in your car you knew was bad for it — don't do it to your body.” The 80/20 rule. Foods in their most natural state. Eat a rainbow every day.
Every level runs on TrainingPeaks, and every level includes a GPS heart-rate requirement so I can coach from real data rather than guesswork.
The $9 covers TrainingPeaks Premium, which is billed to me per athlete. Additional in-person sessions are $75/hour with a half-hour minimum. If you make a major mid-season change that requires rewriting your macro schedule, that time is billed at $25/hour.
You complete the athlete questionnaire — history, health, equipment, goals. I read it before we ever speak.
We work through your background together and set initial goals. If we're not meeting in person, I'll ask for short videos of you swimming, biking and running, plus photos of your equipment, for an initial assessment.
We get you set up, build your weekly baseline, and outline the season.
I write it, we discuss it, and we begin. It takes a couple of weeks to really get in sync — we always do.
Ideally we start in November or December with base aerobic work and a strength focus, which sets up the phases that follow and helps with holiday weight gain. But athletes join at every point in the year, and that is usually how it goes.