Team In Training is not only the first endurance sports training program developed to benefit a charity, but with twenty years and literally thousands of events under our belt, it's also the best. Our coaches and the unique training experience they provide our participants distinguish us from any other program. Their expertise and care allow us to stand apart from all other charity programs, grooming healthy athletes in the process. The experience is empowering and can be life-changing for anyone who's struggled with reaching a a fitness goal. Anyone who's participated in Team In Training knows this.

In our inaugural post, we want to celebrate our team of National Advisory Coaches. A roster of the brightest coaching talents in their respective fields, we're proud of the guidance and support our Coach leaders provide. If our mission alone won't inspire you - these folks certainly will:

National Advisory Run Coach, Jack Daniels
Jack Daniels, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in Human Movement at A. T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona, and trains and consults runners from all over the world.

Jack is a two-time National Champion in the Modern Pentathlon and received Silver and Bronze Medals in the Olympics as part of the USA Teams in Melbourne, Australia and Rome, Italy (1956 and 1960).

Author of the popular, Daniel's Running Formula, Jack's been a National Advisory Coach for Team In Training since 1997.  A true American running icon, we're fortunate to have Jack's guidance for TNT.

View this interview with Jack on 'Different Workout Schedules' to hear Jack in his own words.

National Advisory Cycling Coach, Arnie Baker
A titan among Cycling Coaches, Arnie Baker, MD has held eight U.S. 40-K time trial records, won six national championships, and has won more than 200 races. With author credits on 16 books and more than 1,000 articles on bicycling and bicycling-related subjects, Dr. Baker is also a board certified family physician.

Dr. Baker has been a National Advisor Cycling Coach Advisor for Team In Training since 1997.

For more about Dr. Baker, see his website.

National Advisory Triathlon Coach, Dave Scott
A six-time Triathlon World Champion, Dave Scott is easily the most recognized athlete and coach in the sport of triathlon. Through Dave Scott, Inc. Dave offers a number of interactive trainings and resources.

For the past 10 years Dave has been the National Triathlon Advisory Coach for Team In Training.

To find out more about Dave Scott and the services of Dave Scott, Inc, including Dave Scott Live.

National Advisory Walk Coach, Tom Dooley
A two-time Olympian, and a silver medalist in the 1971 Pan American Games. Tom is a multi-national record holder, who at one time held 11 American race walking records.

Tom's been affiliated with Team In Training since 1994, when he became the head walking coach for the Northern California Chapter's Team In Training program.

Since that time, he has trained more than 2,500 volunteers to complete various marathons through the Team In Training® program. Dooley has authored numerous articles on the training and conditioning of walkers, including this recent feature on Parade, Walk Yourself Healthy.

National Advisory Hike Coach, Carolyn Balling

Carolyn Balling started with the Hike program in the fall of 2004, when she helped design the first season and has been coaching hikers in Greater San Francisco Bay Area Chapter ever since. 

She began her involvement with TNT as a participant on one of Tom Dooley's marathon walk teams in 1998, and began coaching marathon walk teams the following year.  Since then she's coached over 1,000 walkers and now hundreds of hikers, and managed to apply her degree in Environmental Education and her career as a corporate trainer to her TNT coaching work.  She's been National Hike Advisor since 2007.

Together these coaches have helped shape the Team In Training program by providing guidance to more than 800 program coaches nationwide. Legions of our participants have benefited from their influence.

And you can, too -- register for Team In Training and get monthly tips from each of these National Coaches Advisors among a number of other benefits.