Triathlon coaching

I have been a client of Dragonfly Tri for the last 8 months and can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that I would not have achieved what I have this year without the support and focused attention of my coach, Karlien.

Karlien is not your average coach, not by a long shot. She understands the pressures and demands of my work in corporate, yet still manages to get the very best out of me as an athlete. Her personal attention and insight has been a total game changer for me and has gotten me to complete my first Cape Ultra Triathlon, something we worked really hard to achieve.

I find the Dragonfly Tri methodology to be extremely effective. The structure of the programmes, along with the support and encouragement of the DFT athlete community and coaching team has been invaluable and a sure catalyst to my success.

Earlier this year I took the giant leap and told Coach K I wanted to do a triathlon. She sprung right in and before I knew it, I had a training program to follow.

It was realistic and achievable. After every training session, I was elated as to how I was progressing and the praise and encouragement from Coach K just kept coming. I was then, not only doing it for myself, but because I wanted to make her proud.

And I did! In October this year, I successfully completed two triathlon sprints! Coach K was there at both events to support me and her other athletes that had entered. It was overwhelmingly emotional to cross those finish lines and see her big smile and open arms, ready for a big hug of congratulations!

In late 2018 I started training with Coach K – swim, bike, run. Luckily I love swimming so that task was not difficult for me, it was the cycling and running was my weakest disciplines.

In February 2019 I did my first Half Ironman in Durban at 57 years old. My coach K supported me throughout the whole day, from sticking with me in the swim right through to the run. During the run I hit the wall at 15kms, I wanted to give up, throw in the towel. But Karlien kept talking to me, motivating me, pushing me through.

I finished my first Half Ironman with 3 minutes to spare. “Doesn’t matter about the time Ashley” It matters that you finished”. That is all I needed to hear.

I highly recommend Karlien from Dragonfly Tri to make you believe “Anything is possible” and age is just a number.