Welcome to our conference. Since Slowtwitch readers are there (where you are) and not here (where we are) we thought it only proper to bring our coaching expertise to you, not make you come to us.

By "our" expertise we don't mean just those of us on the Slowtwitch masthead, but many of the 100 or so coaches worldwide with whom we keep in contact and who have a particular expertise as multisport coaches.

We have a series of questions we're going to ask our coaches, and we'll provide several responses to each question. As this conference progresses––it'll go through the month of May––we'll provide bios of the coaches who're participating (below). Some are available as online coaches for those of you who might be looking for a coach. Some do not coach online, but have graciously allowed us to use their expertise anyway.

Our questions are broken down into seven categories:

• Physiology
• Nutrition
• Technology
• Tactics
• Nutrition
• Recovery
• Other activities

As you see one of the above categories linked, you'll know we've completed that section. Recovery is our first topic, with the others to follow. Good reading.

JULIEANNE WHITE: Slowtwitch coaching editor, who's personal, and coaching pages are found on this site. Also the holder of a 9:08 Ironman PR (IM Canada, '92), a second place finish in Kona (9:21 in '92) and other world class performances (which can be found on her bio). She can be reached via email.

GORDO BYRN: He's a popular figure online, a very good athletes, and a popular coach. Gordo has several published sources where info about him can be found: gordo@byrn.org; master homepage; coaching homepage; personal homepage; home of his column Gordoworld

MAUREEN CUMMINGS: Australian Qualified as a Level 2 Coach, Strength and Conditioning Level ; Core Stability - Professional Certification Course; Triathlon Background: Elite Australian Triathlete 1989-1995. Raced in World Champs with best result 20th,1992; Commonwealth Games Demonstration Race,1990. Age Group Triathlete: Current World 35-39 champion, Australian 35-39 champion. Current Squad: Age-groupers from beginners to qualifiers for World Short/Long Course Championships and Hawaii. Maureen can be reached via email, and more about her can be viewed on her website:

BRIAN HASENBAUER: The principal in Fit2Train. Read about Brian at his website, or call 214-369-9280 for further info.

GALE BERNHARDT: Cycling/Multisport Athlete Development, from Loveland, Colorado, can be reached via email, and there's more on the website: She's the author of:

• "Training Plans for Multisport Athletes"
• "The Female Cyclist: Gearing Up a Level"
• "Workouts in a Box for Triathletes

TONY BENSON: Tony Benson is a former Olympic athlete and head coach as well as a Level 3 triathlon and running coach. He is also the Australian National Long Distance Coach–Education, and has lectured in Africa, Asia and the Pacific for the International Olympic Committee. In addition he has coached athletes to Olympic and World Championship level and triathletes to World Championship level and is the author of "Run With The Best", a highly successful coaching book published by Track & Field News (USA).

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