About Endurance Coach
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Endurance Coach offers to clients a team based coaching service. All our coaches work independently but collectively are available to support you as a client. From bike fitting to deciding on wheels, from training plans to race reviews & from training camps to advise on gear – we can work with you to ensure you get the best advice based on our experience as athletes and credentials as coaches.
WENDY CHRISP
Wendy B Chrisp Dip Tch.PE (Palmerston North NZ)
A lifetime of being involved in sport both professionally and just for pleasure, Wendy has been a former QLD state runner-up K2 marathon paddler, QLD Uni marathon champion and a middle of the field ironman athlete. Since been invited to join the Endurance coaching team in 2004 by Brendon Downey, Wendy has been professionally working with triathletes and runners catering from first timers to experienced campaigners.
'I consider myself to have had a very privileged sporting life. From childhood jogs along Wainui Beach in Gisborne, to the Goat runs on Mt Ruapehu. To standing at the foot of the Kumbu glacier about to run the world’s highest marathon and to the breath-taking bush runs with mates most weekends. It is this appreciation for what I have experienced and my ongoing enjoyment in working with people to achieve, that drives my coaching'.
Wendy can be contacted on wendy@endurancecoach.co.nz
Read more about Wendy's Coaching and Sporting Achievements
FULFORD COACHING
Mark Fulford: B.Ph.Ed (Otago University NZ)
A very talented athlete and now an experienced coach, Mark has competed at age-group and elite level in the sports of Triathlon and Duathlon since 1993. He has been coaching since the mid 1990’s and has been full time coaching since 2003. Mark is renown for his “no nonsense” approach to coaching and he works with beginners right through to professional level athletes.
His coaching results speak for themselves having enabled athletes to medal at age group World Championship and place in the top 10 for ironman. This combined with his ability to have athletes attempt with confidence their first triathlon or running event, speaks volumes for his ability to work effectively at all levels of coaching.
'Mark's other coaching expertise lies in his bike fitting skills and this has been proven time and time again to be the critical difference with all our athletes.’
Mark runs his own coaching company as well as being the NZ owner of Allen Bikes – a NZ made triathlon specific tri bike. Endurance Coach has a very successful working relationship with Mark and he is a very valued member of our extended coaching team.
Should you wish to engage Mark's coaching services, email him at mark@allenbikes.com
JEREMY WACKROW
With extensive ironman experience as an athlete, Jeremy has 5 years of professional swim coaching experience both with one on one and squad coaching – His racing, training and coaching skills provides Jeremy with a sound mix of teaching depth that equips him to coach both beginners and experienced triathletes.
His main area of expertise is his coaching ability to design a personalized coaching plan to improve swimming techniques and overall performance. Jeremy’s quiet manner belies his eye for detail and his teaching skills have proved the key difference for many of our clients to make the start line with a new found swimming confidence. His quality over quantity mantra speaks volumes for his results.
BRENDON DOWNEY
Brendon established Endurance Coach after a very successful sporting career as a professional triathlete. An exercise physiologist, sub 9 hour ironman athlete and former NZ Olympic & ITU high performance triathlon coach. Brendon is currently the Sport Development Managers for Triathlon NZ and when able he attends various ironman camps through out the year. Due to his current work role, Brendon is not available to take on any new clients and now acts in an advisory capacity for Endurance Coach.
Read more about Brendon's Coaching and Sporting Achievements