Training Resources
Ready to tackle your first 10k or your next ultra endurance challenge? Want some guidance along the way? As experts in sports nutrition, athletes often ask us for training advice. And while many of us here at GU are experienced athletes, we defer the coaching to those who know it best.
Carmichael Training Systems
Carmichael Training Systems, Inc. (CTS) is the premier
destination for personal fitness, nutrition, and performance
coaching and camps for athletes of all ability levels. Chris
Carmichael is the founder and CEO of CTS and personal coach to
cancer survivor and seven-time Tour de France Champion Lance
Armstrong. Named the US Olympic Committee’s Coach of the
Year in 1999, Chris formed CTS in 2000 after spending more than
two decades in the sport of cycling.
Through Chris’s leadership and an unsurpassed education
program that develops the highest-trained coaches in the
industry, CTS has grown to become the trusted coaching source
for the world’s top cyclists, triathletes, runners, and
motorsports athletes. Chris has authored five books, including
the New York Times Bestseller, Chris Carmichael’s Food for
Fitness (2004), is a columnist for Bicycling Magazine, has
created more than dozen training DVDs, and the broad appeal of
his message has seen him featured in Time, Business 2.0, Inc.,
and Forbes Small Business. For more information on Chris Carmichael and the array of CTS programs and services, visit www.trainright.com.
EnduraCamps
EnduraCamps host single-day clinics and week-long camps dedicated to making athletes of all levels and backgrounds fitter, faster and stronger while having a blast and training harder than ever before. Operated by pro-triathlete Ben Schloegel, coaches Ken Welsh and Nicole Burge and life-long triathlete Pat Beesley, we remain dedicated to serving our athletes and helping them achieve their goals in sport while balancing family, friends and careers. Visit our site www.enduracamps.com and take the next step towards your best season yet!
Vo2 Multisport
Vo2 Multisport offers an array of coaching packages, performance testing, training camps and bike fit analysis services. Using a periodized and structured approach, Vo2 Multisport performance coaching will help you continually progress without the feeling that you are devoting your whole life to working out. Vo2 Multisport offers a full spectrum of testing protocols that are matched to an athlete's ability and needs. Director of Coaching, Ben Bigglestone believes what is not measured is not achieved. See http://www.vo2multisport.com/home2.htm to get started.
Iron Edge Coaching
Iron Edge Coaching is the official triathlon coaching program of 5-time Ironman Champion Heather Gollnick. Owned and operated by Heather and her husband Todd, Iron Edge offers an array of coaching programs that are specifically tailored to your personal lifestyle. Whether it’s a monthly coaching program you need, one-on-one swim stroke analysis, or the opportunity to learn from some of the best coaches in the business at our camps and clinics, Iron Edge has what you need. For more information, please go to http://www.ironedgecoaching.com
IronFit
Through his business, IronFit, Don Fink provides experienced online coaching for triathletes and marathoners throughout North America and Europe. His athletes range from beginners to top professionals and his expertise is in designing the most time efficient results oriented training possible. Don is a veteran of over thirty Ironman competitions (with a PR of 9:03 and numerous age-group victories), the Ultra Man World Championship and hundreds of other endurance sports competitions. Don is also the author of “Be IronFit: Time-Efficient Training Secrets for Ultimate Fitness.” www.IronFit.com
Pacific Elite Fitness
Head coach Ben Greenfield is recognized as one of the top fitness, triathlon, nutrition and metabolism experts in the nation. He was voted 2008’s Personal Trainer of the Year by the National Strength & Conditioning Association, the internationally recognized and respected certifying agency. www.pacificfit.net


