Kimberly is a triathlon and marathon coach who works with athletes from beginner to advanced. As an athlete herself, Kimberly has traveled the globe competing in triathlons and road races of all distances from 5k to Ironman, placing and winning in numerous races. She has the knowledge and experience of what it takes to start from scratch and coach someone to train for their first race. Whilst also knowing how to take someone with a good foundation and build on that to achieve higher athletic goals.
With a background in Eastern Medicine Therapies, Kimberly teaches a meridian (energy channel) stretching class called innerPeace for Equinox Fitness. With this form of injury prevention stretching, Kimberly has taught to a handful of the varsity athletic teams at Northwestern University including the Men's and Women's Tennis, Baseball, Cross Country, Men's Basketball.
Kimberly teaches exclusively for Equinox Fitness Clubs in Chicago. Currently she teaches indoor cycling, innerPeace and Ageless Mobility at the Gold Coast location. At the Loop location; teaches a very successful indoor running program and indoor cycling.
She has studied in New York, England, Austria, Germany and Chicago. Kimberly is USA Triathlon Coach Certified Level 1, Level 3 USA Cycling Coach, in group fitness she is a Schwinn Indoor Cycling Master Trainer and an ACE Certified Group Fitness Instructor, and in Asian Bodywork she is AOBTA certified.
GREATEST RACING MOMENT: Living my childhood dream of racing in Ironman South Africa. It was everything I had ever hoped it would be and more. You get to spend a lot of time with yourself and learn a lot in return. Not to mention, that doing it in Africa was incredible!
Kirsten is a running coach and group fitness instructor who is dedicated to helping athletes reach and surpass their personal goals. She has been a competitive runner since the age of ten, and has recently competed in road races of all distances from 5K to marathons, placing and winning her age group for many Chicago area races. She is a certified USA Track and Field coach with the knowledge and ability to help runners perform at their highest levels and peak when it counts the most.
Kirsten is a group fitness instructor for Equinox Fitness Clubs and XSport Fitness at several Chicago locations. She teaches treadmill classes that incorporate hill workouts, endurance runs, and time trials, as part of an indoor running program with Equinox. Kirsten also teaches eight indoor cycling classes per week. She is a certified Schwinn Indoor Cycling instructor, and has been teaching since 2001.
A strong runner and cyclist, Kirsten recently competed in her first triathlon in May 2010. She placed 5th in her age group, and is looking forward to more triathlons throughout the summer.