Introducing the Triathlete Workshop
In a dream world we would be able to pick up the phone and call a World Champion athlete or a top coach to have them lend some expertise to our training. Just imagine how great it would to pick Jarrod Shoemaker's mind or bounce some ideas off Justin Trolle. What if I told you that this was no longer a dream, and in fact it has become a very accessible reality thanks to the wonderful people at TriathleteWorkshop.com.
Triathlete Workshop was designed by a team of top-tier coaches to revolutionize online triathlon training and coaching. They have created an online community that allows everyday athletes, just like you and me, to gain one-on-one access to top coaches and athletes. The coaching list includes: Justin Trolle, Tim Crowley, Melissa Mantak, Kurt Perham, and Shelly O'Brien. Athletes include: Jarrod Shoemaker, Lesley Patterson, and Alicia Kaye (bios below).
The extremely user friendly site is designed to be a one stop shop for your triathlon training. The major appeal of the community is to be able to schedule one-on-one hour long phone calls with one of the all-star coaching staff. Here you can address personal issues you are dealing with and receive immediate feedback from some of the most experienced individuals in the sport. While this communication is unmatched anywhere else on internet, the site is filled with additional features that make this a premier destination for triathlon training.
First, they offer multiple types of triathlon training plans; standardized, pre-built plans and more customizable module based plans. The pre-built plans are based on volume, training time, goals and experience. While the more customizable modules are sport specific, designed in four week intervals to address your individual strengths and weaknesses. All built by their all-star coaching lineup.
The site also features a library of training based articles and videos, to let you sift through at your own leisure. From the articles the site moves to a peer based forum where discussions are lead daily by coaches and athletes.
One unique feature is the daily live chats with one of the coaches or athletes. The coach or athlete will host the text or video chat on a specific topic or just a general discussion on training and racing. Every member will be able to be part of these talks and have their personal questions answered.
While all these features are phenomenal, you will quickly appreciate the main belief that the Triathlete Workshop is built upon. The acknowledgement that there is no one right way to train. In fact, they facilitate and encourage their coaches and athletes to debate each other on why they feel their methods are beneficial. They want their members to be able to take bits and pieces of all the knowledge and opportunities on their site, to form their own training ideas that best suit their individual needs. Much like the name insinuates, the Triathlete Workshop gives every athlete the tools to become their own expert, and without a doubt successful, athletes.
The site is set to launch this December, but click here to check out more information on becoming a member.
Below are brief bios about all the coaches making up Triathlete Workshop:
Justin Trolle
• Taking Sarah Groff from 16th to 4th in the world during the last 1/2 of the 2008 season.
• Winner of the SPARK NZ Prime Minister scholarship to study Coaching Education World Wide in 2005.
• Sarah Bryants 2nd at the Junior Elite world champs 2004 & NZ Junior Triathlon Champion 3 consecutive years.
Tim Crowley
• 2008 USA Olympic Team Coach
• 2009 USA Triathlon Elite Coach of the Year
• Coach of 2008 Ironman North American Champion (Heather Golnick)
Jarrod Shoemaker
• 2008 Beijing Olympian
• 2005 Under 23 World Champion
• 2009 Duathlon World Champion
• 2010 and 2012 USA Elite National Champion
Melissa Mantak
• 2010 USA Triathlon Elite Coach of the Year
• Winner of 5 ITU World Cup Races
• 1992 Overall ITU World Cup Triathlon Champion
• USA Triathlon Level 3 Coach & USA Cycling Level 1 Coach (One of Four with those two rankings)
Kurt Perham
• Coach of 2012 ITU Cross Worlds Silver Medalist
• Coach of 2007 Age Group Ironman World Champion
• Personal coach to 2009 US Pro Road Champion Meredith Miller
• USA Triathlon Level 3 Coach & USA Cycling Level 1 Coach (One of Four with those two rankings)
Shelly O'Brien
• Coach of 2008 USAT Junior National Elite Champion
• 2007 Pan American Junior Development Camp Director
• Coach of Numerous Age Group World Championship Qualifiers
Lesley Paterson
• 2011 Xterra World Champion
• 2012 ITU Cross World Chamion
• 2011 Winner of Ironman Mooseman 70.3
Alicia Kaye
• 2011 Lifetime Triathlon Series, 2nd Place
• Winner 2012 Muskoka 5150
• Winner 2011 DC 5150
• 2001 Canadian Junior National Champion
