LEAFY GREENS

New to Triathlon but having signed up for a full distance Ironman I needed a lot of direction and support from someone with the experience Simon has. Simon’s coaching style is very clear and straight forward, he has a really good understanding of what effect different training sessions have and my training is tailored based on my feedback after sessions. Simon is also very supportive giving a lot of positive encouragement to push myself further than I would on my own.  I have been club running for 7 years but in the last two months alone I have achieved new personal best times at 5km, 10km, half marathon and full marathon!

After leaving triathlon behind for a good 10 months I signed up for an Olympic on a whim and needed to be ready in 3 months! I sat down for a chat with Simon & it became clear he could create a programme that would take injury, work commitments and life into consideration while making me swim, cycle and run faster – perfect! I completed the Olympic tri faster than imagined and haven’t looked back since, bring on next summer!

Simon has interpreted my training needs and objectives superbly. His reasoned approach has allowed me to attain measurable improvements.  Power readings up, heart rates down, times tumbling and I’m enjoying the challenge of a new regime. Smashed my A race for the year, Challenge Roth, winning my Age Group by 15 minutes and became National Middle Distance Champion.

You seemed to have got the measure of me very quickly and have given me training that suits my lifestyle and reflects the goals I discussed with you. I have found you to be super approachable, and brilliant at answering all my silly questions with patience and sound advice and I remain challenged, motivated, and feel that I am always progressing and building towards being faster and stronger.  The coached run we did was excellent for feedback and advice on improving both my speed and endurance. You really helped get me out of a swim rut and completely changed my stroke. Thanks also for your help with nutrition. Basically you’ve been awesome in every aspect of my training!

Simon has been an amazing help coaching our daughter. We were looking for an experienced triathlon coach and were recommended Simon. Our daughter has been competing at county, regional and national level and needed help taking her training schedule forward. Simon has been invaluable with his knowledge and dedicated in-put.  He completely understands all aspects of triathlon training and future development and our daughter has made some incredible improvements over a short period of time. Simon has managed to identify specific areas personal to our daughter that required attention and focused on these elements which have helped toward producing some performances we thought were not possible.

I needed a structured running training programme not only to improve times but also to keep injuries at a minimum as these were all too common on my existing ad hoc running training.  Simon developed a programme for me and within only 3 months I had smashed two PB’s at 5K & Half Marathon by a considerable margin.  Previously I had never incorporated speed work sessions to my training as I was prone to injuries with this type of training but was pleasantly surprised to be able to carry these out and hold injuries off using Simon’s programme.

With no background in swimming and very “sinky” legs my main concern was always swimming the 3.8km distance. I had already used a swimming coach and had become frustrated with slow progress. Simon’s approach was immediately different and more focused towards my triathlon goals. Each session had clear themes and over the course of six lessons my swimming improved significantly. With Simon’s help I have been able to swim faster and double the distances I can swim, and now regularly swim 4km+ sets in the pool.

I found Simon to be very thorough, extremely knowledgeable and professional. His advice has completely resolved the post race sickness issues I was experiencing, and his dietary knowledge has enabled my husband to go a long way to reversing type 2 diabetes. Simon has advised on recipes and a completely new style of cooking and I hope to continue to visit him to fine-tune my everyday diet.