Testimonial: Ironman Wales triathlete

I received this lovely email testimonial yesterday from a coached triathlete and had to share it with you:

"So I wake up one Autumn day in 2014 and I decide I am going to do Ironman Wales 2015. After the panic faded I realised I needed to find a coach. A conversation down the pub resulted in a recommendation to contact WhittleFit. So I did and off I went to meet coach (Mark) in Barry McDonalds. Odd place to meet a triathlon coach I thought to myself, but off I toddled (I do love a burger!). As it happens we were not there to eat burgers and coach rightly so asked me “why Ironman Wales” and “what is your experience of triathlons”. Well "it’s a dream" I replied, and as for experience, I blurted out that “I had not been in a pool other than ones with slides or lilos since I was 12!, it had taken 6 years of blood sweat and tears to run a sub 2 hour Cardiff half and my cycling experience consisted of commuting to work every day on a 5 year old bike!" 

But It appears he loves a challenge and he agreed to take me on. So a year on, he has transformed me, not only from a fitness perspective, but mentally. I can not express enough gratitude for Mark Whittle. He has literally changed my life for the better. I thoroughly enjoyed the 9 months training for Ironman Wales, and he supported and guided me the whole way. 

I followed coach’s plan to the dot which meant I enjoyed every single second of the Ironman Wales day. He always believed in me and he regularly told me I would smash my 15 hours target, which I did. So I will be forever grateful to Mark for helping me achieve my dream. 
So if you have a dream and need a little help then I can not recommend my amazing and fabulous coach enough. If he can turn me from a fizz loving, burger loving triathlon wannabe into an Ironman, he can help anyone achieve their goals." 
Emma (triathlete)

Thank you Emma, very kind words!