Coaches - Rocky Mountain Tri Club

2023 RMTC Coaching Team

The coaches with the Rocky Mountain Triathlon Club are some of the best in the sport. In addition to assisting with organized club workouts, most are available for private coaching. Check out their profiles by clicking on their photos below!

Charley Perez

CP Fitness and Training

Charley Perez

Charley Perez founded the Rocky Mountain Triathlon Club in 2003 and continues to be the driving force behind the ongoing operations of the club. As one of the active coaches for RMTC, he prepares and leads many weekly group workouts. Charley has been competing in multisport since the early 1990s. He started training triathletes in 2001 and while in graduate school at Wichita State University, he was an assistant track and cross-country coach with the middle- and long-distance runners. Although Charley no longer provides individual coaching and training plans, he is available for consultation. charley@cperezcoaching.com, 303-961-1656

J’ne Day-Lucore

JDL Coaching

J'ne Day-Lucore

When J’ne retired from her 33-year engineering career in 2017, she joined RMTC and has been a board member and volunteer RMTC coach since 2018. She was a competitive runner in her early years with a 2:40 marathon PR and held course records for the Pikes Peak Ascent, Mount Evans and Mount Washington road races. She was inducted into the Mount Washington Road Race Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Colorado Running Hall of Fame in 2019. She has been a part-time running coach for 30 years and became a full-time certified USAT triathlon coach when she retired in 2017. She is also a certified yoga teacher and cycle instructor. Coaching allows her to pursue her life-long passion for training/racing while growing the future community of athletes. For more details about one-on-one coaching, please contact J’ne at jmdaylu@gmail.com or text 303-396-7485.

Bill Ludington

Big Dog Coaching

Bill Ludington

Bill joined the Rocky Mountain Tri Club in 2005 after signing up for first triathlon – Ironman Lake Placid. One race led to another, and in 2012 his passion for triathlon and staying fit inspired Bill to focus his career on personal training and coaching. Bill is a certified Ironman U triathlon coach with experience in coaching ALL athletes, from beginners to Kona World Champion qualifiers. He is also an ACE certified personal trainer specializing in functional strength training and injury prevention. Bill’s other certifications include Training Peaks, TRX, Stages Cycling, and certified Bike Mechanic. Bill works with clients one-on-one to achieve their triathlon goals. His approach to coaching based on positive support, frequent communication and constant encouragement to ensure his plan is delivering the results the client desires, as well helping them to achieve balance between training, work and family. bill.ludington@gmail.com, (720)-480-5749, www.bigdogcoaching.com

John Bye

Bring Your Everyday Beast Coaching

John Bye

John Bye is a USA Triathlon Certified Level I Coach, based out of Golden, CO, who helps highly motivated athletes become competitive triathletes. “The Wolfpack”, has athletes all around the country and includes competitive age-groupers to first-time triathletes ranging in age from the low 20’s to the mid-60’s. Based upon the individual needs of the athlete, coaching can be done virtually or in the Denver area with the “Rocky Mountain Wolfpack”. For background, John has competed in well over 125 Triathlons and he has, over the last decade alone where he lost 30 pounds and got focused on training, qualified and competed in multiple World Championships; i.e., twice with Team USA Olympic and Sprint, seven IronMan 70.3, and twice at IronMan (Kona). At 200+ pounds and in his mid-50’s, John understands the challenges of racing “big”, what it takes for his younger athletes to find what they are capable of, and, for his older athletes, how to adapt and be competitive in their “second phase” of their racing career.

He is the Founder of Bring Your Everyday Beast Coaching (B.Y.E.-BEAST LLC) — www.bye-beastcoaching.com — johnbye@bye-beastcoaching.com

Relentless Forward Motion

Matt Nadel

Unleash Your Athlete

Matt Nadel

Matt loves the process and lifestyle of being an endurance athlete. He has been coaching swimmers for over 15 years, triathletes for 7 years, and is an Ironman U certified coach. Matt was a swimmer at Colorado College where he was an NCAA All-American and held multiple team records in the distance freestyle events. He quickly jumped into triathlon after college and fell in love with the endurance community while racking up multiple AG wins in local races. As an environmental lawyer by day, Matt understands the constraints of working professionals and he personalizes training for his athletes to find how triathlon fits into their lives and how they can make endurance sports a lifelong, joy-filled process.

In the past, Matt coached the University of Colorado Triathlon team and he is currently coaching the University of Wyoming Triathlon team.

Contact Matt to start your endurance journey with Unleash Your Athlete: matthewcnadel@gmail.com or 303-908-0510.

Jeannete Sorensen Hickok

You Can Multisport

Jeannete Sorensen Hickok

Jeannete offers a well rounded coaching approach. She helps people achieve their goals with structured training and a positive mindset. She also emphasizes the importance of healthy whole food nutrition.

Jeannete became a triathlon enthusiast when first introduced to the sport upon moving to Colorado from Sweden in 2000. She was in her 40s and had no prior athletic background.

She joined RMTC in 2005 and has been a member ever since. Her own personal experience and a passion for the sport for over 20 years has led her to become a mindful triathlon coach.

She became a USAT triathlon coach and NASM personal Trainer in 2007. Jeannete is also ACE certified Health coach, USMS swim instructor, Red Cross Lifeguard, Spin instructor and certified ACE sport nutritionist and wellness coach.

She’s done more than twenty 70.3 and thirteen 140.6 Ironman races. Including Ironman Worlds Kona Championship finisher 2019. 45+ sprints and Olympic triathlon races and 15 some marathons. 2022 she finished an Ultra Triathlon in Sweden, swimming, biking and running for 387 miles (623km) in three days.

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You can reach Jeannete on wellness@youcanmultisport.com or 970-852-5588

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