ALAN HANLEY
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 3 club coach; BCF club coach; ASA swimming instructor; UK athletics coach; Diploma in sports psychology; RLSS lifeguard; Special Forces physical training instructor; Diploma in sports therapy & massage; Diploma in anatomy & physiology; HSE first aid at work. Works as: Business centre building and gym manager. Triathlete since: 2000. Has raced: Sprint, olympic, duathlon, rowathlon, half ironman and ironman. Raced for GB at the World Long Distance Champs in 2002 and 2004. Prefers: The long stuff. Other sports: Running, having completed over 50 marathons (PB: 2:48) plus ultras and endurance events, such as Marathon des Sables; canoeing; climbing; mountaineering; sea kayaking; sailing. Favourite sports personality: Anyone that trains hard. Ideal training partner: Just said it!. Likes: Early mornings, winter sunshine, any sunshine, Provence, random abuse and lots of wine (usually together) but most of all my cute kids.
EUAN LEES - DIRECTOR OF COACHING
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 2 session coach. Works as: IT consultant. Triathlete since: 1994, but not at all seriously until 2001. Has raced: Quite a lot. Started properly with Ironman Switzerland 2002 then focused on Olympic distance for a few years before accidentally qualifying for Ironman Hawaii 2006. Raced for GB at three ITU World Age Group Champs. Prefers: I think Half Ironman is a great distance. Not too fast and not ridiculously long. Olympic is probably the hardest and most competitive race, but the training fits around your life a lot easier. I'm not much of a sprinter. But on a good day I will still beat you ;-). Other sports: I used to do modern pentathlon and still help out on the organising side. Occasional and mediocre surfer. Favourite sports personality: Paula Craig. Ideal training partner: Lucy Hasell, Lee Jackson, Tom Langley, Nick Sullivan, Jess Taylor and James Whetman. I already have the best training partners I could want. Vomit if you like, I don't care. Likes: Plain chocolate hobnobs, milk, fresh meat, sleeping, tea, beer and doing everything very slowly except triathlon.
SIOBHAN BROWNLOW
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 2 session coach. Works as: Graphic designer. Triathlete since: 2003. Has raced: Sprint, olympic, rowathlon, half ironman and ironman. Raced for Ireland at European Long Distance Champs in 2006. Prefers: Middle distance. Other sports: Rowed for Southampton University Boat Club, Thames Rowing Club and Lea Rowing Club; running; mountain biking; skiing; sub aqua (BSAC sports diver); sailing. Favourite sports personality: Ellen MacArthur. Ideal training partner: Guin Batten. Likes: Photography, drinking and French men!
TOBY HEAD - COACHING CO-ORDINATOR
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 2 session coach. PADI & TDI Divemaster, EFR First Aid Instructor Works as: Aerospace & Defence Consultant (007?). Triathlete since: 1990 (retired) started again 2005 and not looked back since. Has raced: Sprint, olympic, duathlon, half ironman and ironman. Prefers: Anything that avoids running fast - the longer stuff I guess! Other sports: Adventure Racing, Scuba Diving, Power Kiting, Retired Judo and Rugby. Favourite sports personality: Brian Jacks for the way he stormed onto Superstars. Ideal training partner: Anyone who will put up with me on a Saturday ride! Likes: Cigars and good rum - Loves: My wife and two little girls - would like to help run kids section in club - need more prospective juniors get busy folks!
SIMON KENYON
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 2 session coach. Works as: Digital media specialist. Triathlete since: 2007. Has raced: Sprint, olympic, duathlon and aquathlon. Prefers: The fast stuff. Other sports: Rowing (lightweight national champion and Oxford half-blue), adventure racing (OMM), bike circuit racing and time trialling, crown green bowling. Favourite sports personality: Bradley Wiggins, Ernest Shackleton, Emil Zatopek. Ideal training partner: Anyone slightly faster than me, anyone who gives 100% to the session, and anyone who likes coffee, cake and banter afterwards. Likes: Sleeping, marmite, gadgets, double espresso, titanium, flapjacks, ambient techno.
ALISTAIR DUVOISIN
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Works as: Marketing consultant. Triathlete since: 2002, in lycra since 2007. Has raced: Sprint, olympic, half ironman, ironman, adventure races and one nasty ultra running stage race in the Amazon. Prefers: Trying something new whether it's a new race format, a new distance or new location; approaching the unknown is always more exhilarating (and scary) than the known. Other sports: Golf; skiing; football; diving and mountain biking. Favourite sports personality: Chris Hoy and Kelly Sotherton (I have a secret crush on her!). Ideal training partner: No contest... Kelly Sotherton regardless of whether she can swim or cycle. Likes: Convincing myself that exercise justifies the beer; my hometown St Andrews; wearing my kilt and french food.
ELLEN POOLEY
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Works as: Civil servant. Triathlete since: 2006. Has raced: Sprint, olympic, half ironman and ironman. Prefers: The longer the distance and the more beautiful the scenery, the better. Other sports: Rowing; tennis; diving and others – before triathlon took over. Favourite sports personality: The latest underdog at Wimbledon usually. Ideal training partner: Anyone who makes me laugh. Likes: Large breakfasts – especially post-runs, coffee – any and all the time.
EMMA WILLIAMS
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Works as: Pricing analyst at Shell. Triathlete since: 2004. Has raced: Sprint & Olympic. Prefers: Olympic. Other sports: Rowing; cycling. Favourite sports personality: Matthew Pinsent. Ideal training partner: Anyone who can run as slow as me!! :-) Likes: Cycling (even up hill sometimes!), eating cake, sleeping in.
KERRY ANLEY
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach; Diploma personal training and sports massage. Works as: Sports massage therapist. Triathlete since: 2008. Has raced: Sprint, aquathlon, olympic and half ironman. Prefers: Like them all but leaning towards longer distances and aquathlons. Time to try an ironman. Other sports: Marathon and ultra marathons; golf; recently started rowing. Favourite sports personality: No one specific... Big Daddy maybe? Ideal training partner: Someone who pushes me out of my comfort zone... oh and tall, dark, handsome and willing to pay for the coffee! Likes: Is this food related? Love chocolate buttons but only the giant size ones, champagne, and guys who admit defeat.
MARK CURTIS
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Works as: (Not very) mature student. Triathlete since: Time began, well 1999. Has raced: Olympic, half ironman. Prefers: Olympic. Other sports: Rugby, snowboarding. Favourite sports personality: Paula Radcliffe. Ideal training partner: Lance Armstrong, Paula Radcliffe, or Mrs C. Likes: Beer, pizza's and the occasional bike ride.
MATT FORD (FORDY)
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Works as: HR Manager. Triathlete since: 2006. Has raced: Sprint, olympic, half ironman and ironman Lanzarote and UK (will get to Kona this year), mountain marathons & multisport adventure races. Prefers: Longer, hillier and more miserable the better. Other sports: Surfing is my non tri passion, then windsurfing. Favourite sports personality: Got to love Mark Cavendish right now. Ideal training partner: Anyone better/quicker/more experienced than me in the discipline I am training in, you have got to love getting beasted in training and learning. Likes: Coffee, custard cremes and being an exceptionally lightweight drinker which makes life very entertaining.
MATT HONEY
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Works as: Director of media and tech businesses. Triathlete since: 2008. Has raced: Sprint, olympic and middle distance. Prefers: Anything competitive. Other sports: Sailing, snowboarding. Favourite sports personality: Anyone who works hard and does the business, yet still has a personality. Ok, if you're pushing me... Gianfranco Zola (when he was at Chelsea at least). Ideal training partner: Mates that suffer me on the bad days and push me on the good days. Likes: Working hard and playing hard – when my family and training allows; Chelsea Football Club; Crisp mornings during the winter and early sunrises in the summer; Life.
PETE DOUBLEDAY
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach, REPS level 3 advanced fitness instructor & personal trainer. Works as: IT Consultant. Triathlete since: 2006. Has raced: Sprint, olympic, half ironman and ironman. Prefers: Half ironman because it's a good long distance challenge but the training is manageable, however I still can't resist the kudos of a full ironman. Other sports: Windsurfing, surfing, sailing, snowboarding & skiing. Favourite sports personality: Robby Naish, Chrissie Wellington, Bradley Wiggins and Usain Bolt. Ideal training partner: Me – the closest competition there is. Likes: Beaches, mountains, Kylie Minogue, lay-ins, coffee stops and enjoying a few beers after a good ride or race.
PHIL ROKER
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Works as: Owner Director of a catering company. Triathlete since: 1994 (Deal sprint tri on a ropey mountain bike). Has raced: Almost 100 triathlons, including sprint, olympic, half ironman and ironman. Cat 3 cyclist and looking to improve. Prefers: Olympic probably, though my favourite races are the Hillingdon triathlons – very old school! Other sports: Football (not bad); golf (erratic); skiing, tennis, squash and many others with huge with huge energy but minimal skill; will try anything. Favourite sports personality: Niall Quinn – a top player who also loved a drink and really likeable guy. Ideal training partner: I don't train well with anyone else, though I like having a chat with anyone on club bike rides. Likes: Bitter, wine, JD, bars, restaurants, Soho, Men Behaving Badly, 80s post-punk & indie, Brentford Football Club, long bike rides in the Alps or Mallorca, doing things well, my wife & daughter.
PJ THIBAULT
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Works as: Commercial property surveyor. Triathlete since: 2006. Has raced: Super sprint, sprint, olympic, and half ironman. Prefers: The long stuff all the way to ultra. Other sports: Freefall parachuting; windsurfing; skiing; diving; ultra distance adventure racing. Favourite sports personality: Sporty Spice. Ideal training partner: Cat Deeley. Likes: The worlds finest football team - Wycombe Wanderers!; cocoa and Horlix; the club members who turn up on a Sunday morning to run in Richmond Park even when the rain is horizontal.
NICOLE PAINE
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Level 1 Athletics coach Canada. Brtitish Volleyball Level 1 coach. Works as: Chiropractor, Acupuncturist and Business Owner. Triathlete since: 2008. Has raced: Sprint, olympic, duathlon, Half Ironman and Ironman. Prefers: Ironman distance racing-love the mental challenge. Other sports: Volleyball, Running, Skiing, retired from Track and Field but favourite was Pole Vault! Favourite sports personality: I completely idolize Chrissie Wellington but will watch any sport on TV or in person! Ideal training partner: Anyone who can put up with my chit chat! Likes: Red wine, chocolate, sleeping in Loves: Books-reading, buying and stocking up on them. Also love travelling to new places especially if there is a triathlon involved.
RICHARD STAITE
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Works as: Investment banker. Triathlete since: 2006. Has raced: Half ironman, Ironman. Prefers: Ironman races anywhere but the UK. Other sports: Mountaineering, rowing. Favourite sports personality: Chris Hoy. Ideal training partner: Emma Pooley. Likes: Cycling in France.
STUART ARCHER
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Works as: Social Services finance. Triathlete since: 2005. Has raced: Sprint, olympic and half ironman. Prefers: Half ironman and cyclosportives. Other sports: Surfing, used to fish a lot, a bit of tennis when calm. . Favourite sports personality: Jens Voigts. Ideal training partner: Anyone who likes to stop for coffee and cake. Likes: Reading, films, fish (watching).
TIM LEWIS
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Works as: Corporate finance. Triathlete since: 2002. Has raced: Sprint, olympic, half ironman and ironman (well I tried!). Prefers: Half ironman. Other sports: Mountain biking; golf; skiing. Favourite sports personality: Lance Armstrong, Jens Voigt, Paula Radcliffe. Ideal training partner: Anyone that little bit better than me who can push me that bit further. Likes: Bikes, mountains, food, espressos.
TONY GREEN
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Works as: IT bod. Triathlete since: 1999. Has raced: Sprint, olympic, half ironman and ironman. Prefers: Lying in bed!! Other sports: Football and athletics (in my far and distant youth). Favourite sports personality: Mmm tough one. I think sports personalities for me stand out when time seems to stand still and they do something great, so on that note I think my favourite sports personalities are: Alan Wells (1980 Moscow Olympics), Daley Thompson and Seb Coe at '84 Olympics, Sally Gunnell and Linford Christie at '92 Barcelona Olympics, Michael Johnson at '96 Atlanta Olympics, Steve Redgrave and Cathy Freeman at 2000 Sydney Olympics, Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France 2003... and not forgetting Kelly Holmes at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The list goes on and on... Ideal training partner: Anyone substantially less fit than me... :-) Likes: Pretty much any sports, reading, cinema, eating out and usually drinking too much... :-)
KATE LANDER
Sports related qualifications: BTF level 1 assistant coach. Works as: Manager of Securities Financing desk. Triathlete since: 2005. Has raced: Sprint, olympic, half ironman and ironman. Raced for GB at World Champs in Hamburg in 2007. Prefers: Middle to longer distance (I have lost the speed!) Other sports: Golf, tennis & skiing. Favourite sports personality: Lance Armstromg, Chrissie Wellington, Julie Dibens and Annika Sorenstam. Ideal training partner: Mark Lander (he lets me draft!) and anyone who likes tea and cake on the bike. Likes: Malt loaf, new kit and holidays.