Neil Scholes MSc (Hons)
Neil is one of the most qualified endurance coaches you’ll ever be likely to meet, both in terms of accreditations and experience. He’s well into his second decade in the sport of triathlon and third decade as a competitive runner.
Neil’s areas of speciality include:
In recent years, Neil has held coaching positions at Bristol and District Tri Club and the University of Bath, coaching talented students and acting in a care-taker Head Coach role for the Elite Squad working with the likes of professional triathletes Julie Dibbens, Richard Allen and Harry Wiltshire as well as coaching the Team Bath development squad.
Neil’s qualifications include:
- British Triathlon Level 3 Coach
- British Cycling Club Coach
- Amateur Swimming Association Swimming Teacher
- Honours Degree in Sports Science
As an accomplished Ironman triathlete, Neil races for Royal Navy Triathlon and has represented Great Britain at Age Group Level across various distances. 2012 sees him initially planning to run sub 3hrs at the London Marathon, then competing in the 56 mile Comrades Ultra Marathon in South Africa in June. Such ongoing involvement is of vital importance to Neil, so as to be able to combine his understanding of high level coaching and racing in order to stay ahead of the competition utilising up to date and evidence based training techniques that will be beneficial to all levels of athlete that he coaches.
