Coaches Notes:
Coach Jac has been with me for over 4 years. Two years in Miami after she graduated from our Alma Mater, the University of Miami, and the master’s program in Exercise Physiology, and now virtually since she moved to Colorado 2 years ago.
She had been a triathlete for five years before starting with us and was part of the triathlon team at UM, but she had no concept of training the way we do it here at Full Circle Coaching.
I am incredibly proud of her journey from intern to coach with Full Circle Coaching over the past four years. She implemented the Full Circle Coaching training and nutrition and lifestyle programs to transform her life and health entirely and become an amazing coach and triathlete, helping me with program structure and being an assistant coach at Ultimate Tri Camp.
Her biggest accomplishments:
-Overcoming chronic foot and ankle pain with our strength and mobility protocols.
-Qualifying for Short Course Sprint Draft Legal World Championships.
-Taking her 5k pr from 34:46 in 2019 to 22:28 in 2023!
– 1 mile run test from 7:26 in 2020 down to a 5:42 in 2022
– Healing her gut and immune system with the Nutrition and lifestyle program
-PR 70.3 of 5:36
-First Time Ironman California 2024 in 11:36,
Coach Jac, I’m incredibly proud of you as a coach, a triathlete, and, most of all, as a beautiful young woman. You are living your passion in Colorado, and I’m super excited to see what’s next for you!
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Meet Jac, 28-Year-Old Personal Trainer and Triathlon Coach
Why did you choose FCC to help you on your triathlon/health and wellness journey?
A plan on the internet or any old coach can provide workouts to finish a race. What they can’t do is provide the care, details, and problem solving of Full Circle Coaching!
FCC helps athletes balance life and triathlon to reach sport goals amongst the reality of life. And when troubles come up, we have the mental skills, education and knowledge to adjust for the best possible outcome. We treat people like humans and not triathlon robots.
What is your “A” race for this season?
Ironman California, 2024
What are your BIG goals?
Qualify for Kona
What were some of your biggest improvements in performance for each of the following? Swim, Bike, Run, and Nutrition/Health. Please include any Personal Records and Goals achieved.
Swim- being a strong swimmer and having a down river swim for my A race, I can’t say that I trained swimming intensely or improved a lot this year. But! I do swim in colder open water a lot more than I used to and FC breathing techniques have been key to mastering the cold.
Bike- this is where I have the most room for improvement. Building confidence and comfort in the aero position.
Run- I’m most proud of how far my run has evolved. I am running in zero drop shoes and racing based on Heart Rate for specific workouts. More frequent running and stacking back to back days of running to increase volume rather than one long run helped me avoid injury for Ironman. (Living a mile high in Colorado and racing at sea level also helps ;))
Nutrition– a huge part of long course racing is fueling and that was one of my big focuses this year. General life nutrition as well as tracking carbs/hour intake during training and racing is the key to success and sustained energy! Also the supplements needed to balance out the unhealthy but necessary sports nutrition products.
PR Boulder 70.3 – 5h36
First Ironman California- 11h36
Name 2 or 3 things that have made the biggest difference in your journey
Recovery! After swimming growing up and being in triathlon for 9 years I know how to workout and work hard. Ironman training is long hours and sacrificing time and convenience to insure you’re logging the necessary hours to endure the distance of the event. But recovery is also essential! I only learned that in the last couple years that every 3-4 weeks volume and intensity needs to decrease to allow your body to absorb the training. Watching my performance chart on Training Peaks to ensure that my form would rise and fatigue would fall around once a month made a huge difference and I showed up on race day with my highest “Form” in the last 365 days. It pays off to be patient and listen to your body.
Camaraderie- Although I live in Colorado now and am a remote member of the Full Circle Coaching Tribe, training for this race with other athletes was very motivating. I’ve found that non-athletic or non-competitive people in my life couldn’t really understand WHY this goal was so important for me to sacrifice other aspects of my life for. Or why it was so important to overcome obstacles along the way rather than just quitting. Having teammates to commiserate with made the process more enjoyable, the race course a friendly place, and the achievement sweeter.
What excites you the most about being involved in triathlon?
Triathlon achievements boost my sense of self-capability. Training is a place that I know I can put in the hard work to reach a goal. That reflects in other parts of life that I am not as confident in. If I can do an Ironman…it’s likely that I can do anything?!
What would you say to another person who was on the fence about joining our training program?
A triathlon, from sprint to Ironman distance, seems very daunting to complete. I remember being so nervous signing up for my first ever sprint race and feeling like I was throwing caution to the wind. I felt like that signing up for Ironman too.
Whenever I thought about the race I was so overwhelmed and questioned what I had gotten myself into “…and then I run a MARATHON…?”
Whenever I felt like that I told myself to stop and just focus on the next workout. I knew that the training program would be step by step, one day at a time, just check off the boxes.
And that by doing so all the pieces would string together and culminate in doing the seemingly impossible.
It doesn’t happen by accident, but consistency and commitment and the right support system can get you to whatever finish line you dream of!
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About Coach Erinne Guthrie Erinne has been a USA Triathlon Level II Certified Coach since 1999 and the Chief Motivating Officer at Full Circle Coaching since 2010. She’s been empowering triathletes since 1997, combining her experience as a CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach Level 3, USMS Master’s Swim Coach, Metabolic Efficiency Specialist, and more.
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