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“Coach Chris” is a full time endurance sports coach based out of Chicago and one of the most experienced triathletes in the country with over 175+ triathlon and 22+ Ironman finishes in over 20 years of multisport racing – including qualifying over 22 times for TeamUSA in a wide variety of distances for duathlon, triathlon, aquathlon, and aquabike. He has been featured in Club Solutions , USATRI, and Men’s Book Magazines while making appearances promoting endurance sports and the multisport lifestyle on WGN TV, NBC 5, ABC7, and CBS 2 Chicago. In 2021, Chris won the USAT “shark tank” competition for the Entrepreneur Business Plan of the Year award to help triathlon innovate through technology and eSports to develop more urban diversity in the sport – and he has since become a serial entrepreneur as the founder of the Tri312.com Indoor Triathlon Series, the MetabolicAthlete.com metabolic testing lab, the SkylineSwim.com swim school, and the 4 STAR ENDURANCE athlete club – an official USA Triathlon (USAT) and IRONMAN TRI CLUB. As a coach, he has supported athletes and teams in delivering over 50+ TeamUSA, Ironman World Championship, and Ironman 70.3 World Championship qualifiers! His top athletes have won the USA Triathlon State Championships, USAT National Championship, and even the global ITU World Championship titles! Leading one of Chicago’s premiere triathlon clubs and multisport coaching organizations, Coach Chris has been regular contributor to the TriDot Podcast and TRI312 Youtube Channel, a presenter and panelist at SuperTri, IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 events, as well as led industry talks at the Endurance Exchange conference for USA Cycling (USAC) and USA Triathlon (USAT). FULL BIO: https://4starendurance.com/coach-chris/
Philosophy
PLAN. TEST. LEARN. INSPIRE!
Credentials
“Coach Chris” is an IRONMAN U Certified Coach, USA Triathlon (USAT) Level II Certified Coach, Adult Learn to Swim (ALTS), Natural Running, RunEasi Expert, TriDot Coach, TriDot Pool School Instructor, and certified Metabolic Efficiency Training Specialist (METS-FCP). • Bilingual — English/German
Accomplishments
Coaching accomplishments include coaching both amateur, club team, and pro athletes to over 50+ world championships, as well as a wide variety of titles including: - ITU Age Group World Champion - 1st Overall Female - IRONMAN Wisconsin - 1st Overall Club Champions - USAT Club National Champions - 1st Overall Club Champions - USA Cycling eSports National Champion - 1st Overall National Champion - UCI eSports Cycling World Championships - Bronze Medalist - USAT Age Group Nationals - 1st AG Champion Personal highlights and achievements include having placed “1st overall” at the Chicago Triathlon (Divvy Supersprint in 2017, 2021, and 2022) and winning the Overall “Sprint Championship” of the Chicagoland Tri Series in 2014 – while leading his TriMonster club team to win the national championship as the 2014 USA Triathlon Club National Champions! Most recently he’s claimed the 2023 USA Triathlon (USAT) Illinois State Championship for his age-group (1st place, Men 40-44). He is an 20-time qualifier of TEAM USA in Triathlon (SuperSprint, Sprint Draft-legal, and Long course), Duathlon (Standard, Sprint Draft-legal, and Long distance), Aquathlon, and AquaBike. He once qualified and competed in 5 different world championships in 5 consecutive years, having represented the United States at the ITU World Championships in Aquathlon (2015), ITU Long Course Triathlon (2016), IRONMAN World Championships (2017), IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships (2018), and ITU Long Course Duathlon (2019). Having raced over 160+ triathlons and 400+ endurance races, Chris is also a Kona finisher, 40+ time marathoner, and 21+ time Ironman, ranking as high as 9th in the U.S. and 33rd in the World (Ironman Age Group Rankings).
Experience
Coach Chris has been racing triathlons and endurance sports for 25+ years and has been a full time coach for 15+ years. He helped Chicago become nationally recognized as a hub for triathlon by establishing the first and only USA Triathlon (USAT) Certified Performance Center in the Mideast & Midwest regions that helped develop the USAT Club National Champions, ITU Age Group World Champion, and IRONMAN TRI CLUB champions at Ironman Wisconsin. Leading one of Chicago’s premiere triathlon clubs and multisport coaching organizations, Coach Chris has been regular contributor to the TriDot Podcast and TRI312 Youtube Channel, a presenter and panelist at SuperTri, IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 events, as well as led industry talks at the Endurance Exchange conference for USA Cycling (USAC) and USA Triathlon (USAT). Coach Chris is founder of the Tri312.com Indoor Triathlon Series, the MetabolicAthlete.com metabolic testing lab, the SkylineSwim.com swim school, and the 4 STAR ENDURANCE athlete club – an official USA Triathlon (USAT) Gold Club and Ironman Wisconsin champion official IRONMAN TRI CLUB, He is also a 20-time qualifier of TEAM USA in Triathlon (SuperSprint, Sprint Draft-legal, and Long course), Duathlon (Standard, Sprint Draft-legal, and Long distance), Aquathlon, and AquaBike. He once qualified and competed in 5 different world championships in 5 consecutive years, having represented the United States at the ITU World Championships in Aquathlon (2015), ITU Long Course Triathlon (2016), IRONMAN World Championships (2017), IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships (2018), and ITU Long Course Duathlon (2019). Having raced over 175+ triathlons and 400+ endurance races, Chris is also a Kona finisher, 40+ time marathoner, and 22+ time Ironman, ranking as high as 9th in the U.S. and 33rd in the World (Ironman Age Group Rankings).