Chris and Sarah are looking for a triathlon coach

Sarah Frye and Chris Gibbs are looking to become an Iron Couple. We will not do this journey alone and are looking for a triathlon coach to guide us through the completion of Ironman Canada in 2011.

If you want to be our coach, this page will tell you about us and what we are looking for in a coach. You can then contact us to apply; coaching will begin February, 2011 and go until race day on August 28, 2011.

We are an athletic couple in our late 20’s residing in the great Pacific Northwest town of Olympia, WA. Our athletic backgrounds are extensive and have provided us numerous adventures in life.

Chris currently plays ultimate Frisbee with the Olympia travel team. Ultimate is an intense game with a team of 7 players on each side requiring great endurance paired with quick bursting sprint capacity.

Sarah is a 2-time Half Ironman finisher in 2010 who races as a founding representative of the Olympia Tri-Babes team.

During 2010, we climbed our first mountain together by summiting Mount Saint Helens on a gorgeous summer day. As an active couple, this was a great accomplishment for us and was the peak of our adventures during the past three and half years.

Leading up to Mount St. Helens, we had skied on Mt. Hood, backpacked to Upper Lena Lake in WA, raced in two separate 200 mile running relay races and another two 100 mile running relays, completed our first ever 50 mile bike rides, ran the Eugene, OR half marathon, raced on a Big Sur, CA relay marathon, ocean kayaked in Sarasota, FL, bicycled 56 miles for Meals to Wheels charity and celebrated Apollo Ohno’s bronze medal in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

With Sarah’s love for all things biking, running and swimming related she had her eyes set on completing an Ironman race during her lifetime. Chris is a different story… one that always had required laces and cleats, but never swimming. As luck may have it, running provided the laces and cycling the cleats via clipless pedals. To keep our adventures going, Chris completed his first 2 duathons during 2010; these were a great way to stay in shape for ultimate Frisbee. With time though, the spirit and excitement of triathlon began to suck Chris in. On August 27th, 2010 the (hopeful) Iron Couple set forth on a weekend trip to Penticton, BC to register for Ironman Canada.

We have climbed a mountain and now we plan to swim, bike and run for 140.6 miles in the mountains.

Coaches Qualifications:

• Experience creating weekly training plan for multi-sport athletes
• USAT Level I or II certification preferred
• Utilize weekly feedback to create 1 training plan for the 2 of us to use
• Prior experience racing duathlon/triathlon
• Understanding of good nutrition practices/daily caloric requirements
• Regularly scheduled training review in person or via web-cam
• Preferably have completed minimum of 1 Ironman distance race
• Must have fun, outgoing personality interested in communicating with us regularly
• Compensation will be determined upon experience, level of service and proximity to Olympia, WA

Please contact us if you have any questions.