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What is Real Performance?

Coaching and guidance that inspires confidence and leads passionate individuals to achieve their potential through sport.

About Coach Matt

         I have been participating in endurance sports since I first started running in middle school.  While pursuing both cycling and running during my time at Baylor University, I founded the Baylor Triathlon Club and was president for two years after.  During that same time I coached and led many workouts for the team, and officially became the Head Coach in 2011. 

         The founding and leading of a club sport at the university level exposed me to the administrative and marketing aspects of sport.  I gained experience with everything from licensure of logos, budgeting, insurance, road closures and race production to recruiting and motivating individuals to not only participate in club activities, but to develop future leaders to ensure the future success of the club.  In the two years I was president the club grew from an initial 6 members to over 50 when I stepped down.

         Since, I have run a youth swim team for the YMCA and worked as a Triathlon Coach for Carmichael Training Systems overseeing dozens of athletes.  The two are radically different and have prepared me to work with a wide range of athletes, both in person, and through long distance communications.

               

         My experience prepares me to not only plan and implement meaningful training programs, but also to motivate and keep clients involved.  I had privately coached, and personal trained individuals before, but putting together groups based on various abilities and schedules to busy college students presented new challenges.  I worked closely with the newly formed Waco Triathlon Club to bring together Baylor’s students with the surrounding community.  Triathlon is a great lifetime sport, and I felt it important to convey this to our members.

         Perhaps the most important quality I bring beyond my nutritional and training knowledge is my activity within the community.  I was diagnosed with cancer in high-school and had treatments throughout my first 3 years in college.  I quickly learned that our health is not to be taken for granted; it is a gift and should be cultivated.  Enjoying a high quality of life through triathlon makes it a lifestyle for me, not just work.  My job does not end when I clock out.  I view fitness as a lifestyle decision and am heavily involved with the local racing and training scene wherever I am.  I enjoy growing the sport with others as I continue to grow in it myself.

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Personal Results

2010 – 1st Overall Berathon Half Marathon Waco, TX              

            Ironman 70.3 World Championship Qualifier

            1st Overall Amateur Avia Austin Olympic Triathlon

                       Qualified for Eltie License

            1st Overall Fort Hood Sprint Triathlon

            1st Collegiate and AG Toyota Lifetime Fitness Series  Championship

            Competed at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater, FL

2011 – 1st OA Amateur Blue Norther Du  

            1st AG Galveston 5150 Olympic Distance Triathlon

2012  - 1st Overall Amateur Stumpy Creek International Tri

            1st  Overall Amateur White Lake International Olympic 

            10th Overall Rev3 Half-Full Maryland Triathlon

2013-  2nd OA Cary Duathlon

            3rd OA Kinetic Half

            1st OA Greely Triathlon

            3rd OA Evergreen Tri

2014 – 9th OA Lifetime Cap Tex

            3rd OA Harvest Moon Half

            1st OA Boerne Duathlon

2015– 12th OA Wildflower Half

             4th OA OC Olympic

             4th OA San Diego International Triathlon

             4th OA Ironman Vineman

             4th OA Santa Barbara Triathlon

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