DOB: 08 February 1955
OCCUPATION: Triathlon Coach and Race Director
FAMILY: Wife Wendy and children, Seth (born 1976), Heather (born 1978), Jennifer (born 1979) and Alicia (born 1980)
TOWN: Idaho Falls, Idaho
FAVORITE FOOD: Wendy’s cooking
MOST NOTABLE ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Running the 2002 Olympic Torch
FAVORITE RACES: Escape from Alcatraz, Wildflower, Blacktail
FAVORITE WORKOUT: Running - steady 2 hr aerobic pace
HOBBIES: Mountain climbing, training, new race development, photography, perfecting training methodology.
THE COACH: A Model of Success
With his unique coaching style, Michael is widely considered one of the top multisport coaches in the western United States. Since 1984, he has become an authority in the field of personalized training. His innovative approach tailors workouts that compliment and maximize the three key elements of multisport competition: endurance, force, and speed. Michael’s coaching and mentorship have led his athletes--Ironman finishers, age-group champions, national qualifiers, and world championship competitors--to new athletic accomplishments.
Michael founded PERSONAL BEST Performance, a multisport entity focused on helping others achieve their own personal best performance. Through PERSONAL BEST, Michael has successfully brought new duathlon, triathlon, and national qualifying events to the western United States. PERSONAL BEST also provides training camps, clinics, and workshops addressing multisport athletes’ goals and ambitions.
Through his experience as an athlete, coach, and race director in more than one hundred events, Michael knows first hand what it takes to achieve success. Whether athletes are competing at a national level or preparing to enter their first season, PERSONAL BEST Performance has an individualized training plan focused on individual achievement.
PHILOSOPHY: Conceive, Believe, Achieve
Many athletes have come to Michael hoping that the improbable can become possible. There is nothing that motivates him more than someone who is willing to dream. By utilizing the most current training resources developing insight through visualization, he formulates plans that maximize individual athletes’ time, talent, and resources.
The value of training smart is the key to Michael’s coaching philosophy Periodization (the optimum amount of mileage and time combined with the right amount of energy output at key intervals) supplemented by proper nutrition appropriate recovery and rest is the secret to his coaching success.
CREED: As a man thinketh, so is he.
MANTRA: Never Give Up!