I’m a KC (Olathe suburb) product. Raised in Olathe, attended KU for college (Rock Chalk Jayhawk!), brief stint living in Denver and now back in KC since 2001.
Around 2001 I started running 5k’s up to ½ marathons. I had always worked out with weight training, running and mountain biking since high school football. Mountain biking and running lead me to running off-road duathlons and a few mountain bike races in 2002. In 2003 I signed up for a duathlon, not realizing I would need a road bike, which I did not own at the time. I borrowed someone’s steel road bike and placed 2nd in my age group. Since then I had been hooked on on-road duathlons and running races. In 2005 I ran my first triathlon and became hooked on those. This has culminated in 2 road bikes, 1 triathlon bike and 1 mountain bike and a summer filled with triathlons, road races, off-road duathlons and training, much to my wife’s amusement.
As I trained and raced endurance events, I realized the process spoke to my planning and organizational side that I had developed working as a full time engineering and later as a construction management professional. You have to plan your training and racing, and work the plan and adjust as necessary. Life happens.
As I have met more people in the endurance world and become more involved in it, I realized it was my calling. So, in 2013 I ventured off the beaten path and have gone the path of self employment working management / marketing consulting and triathlon / endurance sports coaching.
I will be looking to add athletes in 2013 and beyond in Kansas City and beyond. I have been around the US and abroad for endurance events and have an abundance of knowledge to offer on training, racing, nutrition and traveling to events.
In May of 2013 I obtained the USAT Level 1 Triathlon Coaching Certification.
I want to develop a personal relationship with each athlete I work with, regardless if it was for an hour or a year for a first time sprint triathlon, 15th ironman triathlon or 10 mile Tough Mudder obstacle course race. I have a vested interest in my athletes reaching their goals. Now that I am full-time in the business, I can devote 110% to coaching.
Check out my coaching and consulting site at www.SetThePaceMedia.com to learn more.
Notable Placements as of 2011 - needs updating
2010 - Midwest Meltdown Sprint Triathlon - 5th overall, 3rd in age group
2010 – Midwest Mayhem Sprint Triathlon – 14th place overall, 3rd in age group
2009 – Topeka Tinman Olympic Distance Triathlon – 66th place overall, 12th in age group
2009 – Jackson County Olympic Distance Triathlon – 52nd place overall, 9th in age group
2009 – Midwest Meltdown Long Course Triathlon – 21st place overall, 4th in age group
PR's as of 2013 - needs some updating
5k - 20:39 / Double Road Race Overland Park 2013
4 Mile Run - 26:24 / Trolley Run 2012
10k - 43:25 / Double Road Race Overland Park 2013
Half Marathon - 1:37:13 / Rock the Parkway 2012
Full Marathon - 3:52:05 / Kansas City Marathon 2011
Sprint Triathlon - 1:06:40 / Midwest Meltdown Tri 2010
Long Course Triathlon - 2:05:12 / Jackson County Triathlon 2011
Half Ironman Triathlon - 5:34:46 / Ironman Kansas 70.3 2013
Number of events ran since keeping track since 2011 - need to update.
5k - 7
4 Mile Run - 5
10k - 8
Obstacle Course Races - 3
Half Marathons - 18
Marathon - 4
Short Course Du - 9
Long Course Du - 2
Off Road Du - 6
Sprint Tri's - 13
Olympic Tri's - 11
HIM Tri's -5
2013 Race Schedule
April 6 - Ruckus Obstacle Course Race
April 14 - Rock the Parkway Half
April 27 - Warrior Dash Obstacle Course Race
May 19 - Kansas 5150 Triathlon in Lawrence
June 1 - Hospital Hill Half Marathon
June 9 - Kansas Half Ironman
July 14 - SMP Triathlon
July 20 - Drenched Run 5k
August 18 - Jackson County Long Course Triathlon
September 22 - Ironman Lake Tahoe
October 19 - Kansas City Marathon
