Rumon
Carter
- $290/month
As an athlete and as a person, Carter owes a
massive debt to sport for the lessons and
experiences it has provided; as a coach, he
works hard to pay back some of that debt.
By integrating the best available coaching
skills and methodologies with his own
hard-fought experiences in sport, Coach
Carter works collaboratively with athletes
to achieve their own unique successes, to
pursue their personal passions and, always,
to exceed their own expectations.
Carter is a nationally-certified (Canada)
coach with 15 years experience coaching
runners, cyclists, adventure racers and
triathletes; he has worked with a
cross-section of individuals from those who
have never run a step in their lives to
those hoping to one day step across an
Olympic finish line. His approach to
coaching focuses on the uniqueness of
individuals their needs and their goals
while applying the time-tested methods of
some of the worlds best athletes and
coaches.
Before starting coaching, Carter was and
remains an athlete. He has been racing at
the highest amateur levels in the sports of
biathlon (cross-country skiing and
shooting), cycling and triathlon for the
past 20 years, highlighted by terms with the
Canadian National Biathlon and Triathlon
Teams and a 9:27 debut Ironman (Canada) in
2001. His athletic career was put on hold
between 2002 and 2005 while he underwent
tests and treatment for an electrical
cardiac condition. Following surgery in
early 2006, Carter is on his way back to
fitness and plans to race the Flora London
Marathon in April and Ironman Canada in
August 2007.
Heart surgery, though, is simply a
particular form of challenge. Each of us
faces challenges in the pursuit of our
goals. How we address those challenges on
the other hand the path we map over and
around those challenges is what defines us
as individuals. As athletes.
The job of a coach, as Carter sees it, is to
help each athlete chart those paths and to
be there alongside when the road gets steep.
