A coastal kid
who kept showing up.
Thirty-odd years around endurance sport, first as an athlete, then, slowly, as the person on the other end of the phone.
Photographed near the Kiama headland.
Born in Wollongong, raised on a coast defined by escarpment, sandstone and the Tasman. Surfed first, then found a road bike. Turned professional in 1993, raced long course and IRONMAN through Europe and home, and retired in 2004 after a decade on the start line.
I coach athletes, one-on-one, patiently, for as long as it takes. I work with sports coaches in other fields. I write a newsletter, host a podcast, and see clients as a clinical hypnotherapist and strategic psychotherapist for the inner-game work that doesn’t quite fit in a training plan.
The short version.
For the record.
Listed here because I’m asked, not because they’re the reason to work with someone.
People I’ve had
the privilege of coaching.
A short list, not a wall. The professional names below are the ones people ask about; the bigger, quieter part of my work has always been with age-group athletes building their own version of great.
“I’m less interested in making people fast, and more interested in making them the kind of athlete who stays, healthy, curious, and in it for the long arc.” A letter to a new athlete
A letter, every couple of weeks.
Slow writing on training, psychology, and the things I’m quietly working on. Five hundred or so kind people read it. No spam, unsubscribe any time.