| Coaching qualifications | BTF Level 3 Coach |
| Coaching & relevant experience |
Level 3 Sports Massage & Therapy |
| Finest sporting moment | Learning to swim! Enjoying and finishing IM Lanzarote |
| Sporting heroes | Paula Radcliffe, Rosie Swale-Pope |
| Favourite sport other than triathlon | Taekwondo / Mountain biking |
| Favourite food |
Cake!! |
| Favourite band | Nickelback / AC/DC / Queen |
| Favourite TV program | Ha ha….don’t get time to watch TV! Like restoration stuff – houses…if I get the chance. |
| Tip to get to the top |
Self-discipline! Knowing when to push and when to rest. |
| Coaching philosophy | To help people who come to Chester Tri club achieve their goals……it’s great to see Divas finish the Deva Divas race with big smiles! |
| Favourite coaching resources | Books, web, other coaches….. |
Coach Biog
I came from taekwondo into triathlon. Achieved 2nd Dan black belt and training towards 3rd. Had never run, hardly cycled above 2 miles and was absolutely terrified of water! First race was Barbridge Duathlon 1995……clonky old mountain bike racked with sleek, shiny race bikes….needless to say I was last! Tom Walker taught me to swim – no coaches in Chester Tri then! – and in 1996 entered my first triathlon (Tequilla Slammers). …almost drowned! Eventually got the hang of not drowning and worked my way up to doing a half IM (Llanberis 2001) then IM USA in 2002. Since then completed IM Lanzarote and IM Austria as well as various other triathlons, adventure races and mountain bike challenges.
Got into coaching because I knew how difficult it was when I first started. It’s brilliant to see people achieve their goals and watch their confidence grow!
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