Trisutto.com, billed as ‘the world’s leading triathlon coaching team’, has recruited former Triathlon Australia High Performance Manager, Rob Pickard, to its full-time coaching roster.
Speaking of the appointment, Trisutto.com Head Coach Brett Sutton said “It is not just with great pleasure, but great honour to announce that Rob Pickard will be joining Trisutto.com in a full-time coaching capacity. I have known and worked with Rob for over 26 years.”
Brett Sutton continued, “A giant of Australian Triathlon, Rob oversaw the most successful period of Australia’s triathlon dominance in the late 90s. He served as the first National Coaching Director of Triathlon Australia, then later as the High Performance Manager when I was National Coach and a very young Darren Smith was sports science coordinator.
“Rob has since worked as the National Coach to the Indian, Thailand and Philippine triathlon teams while helping to set up the coaching accreditation programs in each of those countries. Rob helped both Dr Darren and myself gain our triathlon legs as it were. He was an excellent mentor and I’m very grateful for his experience as we continue to expand our coaching roster of young, motivated and enthusiastic coaches.
“His experience in putting together internationally recognised coaching courses will also be invaluable as we continue to build and formalise our triathlon coaching resources and services. While working for Triathlon Australia, Rob designed and conducted the first and subsequent Level Two Triathlon coaching courses; revised the Level One manual; designed and developed the Level 3 Coaching Curriculum. These manuals and curriculums are now used by the International Triathlon Union.”
Rob Pickard holds a Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology and is a former Age Group World Champion himself. He will run training camps from base in Berry, on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia, and will be traveling to Trisutto.com overseas camps.
He will provide mentoring advice to Trisutto.com’s growing list of coaches while also taking on a limited number of online athletes. This will be for those who ‘would like to avail themselves of the experience of one of the all-time great coaches in triathlon.’
Trisutto.com is positioned as the world’s best professional and age group triathlon coaching team. In 2015 Trisutto.com-coached athletes won 18 professional IRONMAN events and took over 30 podiums. The coaching company’s amateur athletes won over 50 events and had over 30 World Championship qualifiers.
Trisutto.com delivers online coaching, camps and training plans to all levels of athlete. It provides amateur athletes with an opportunity to train using the same systems that have produced Olympic, World and IRONMAN Champions while improving fitness, health and overall well-being.
