Heart Zones Coaching

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Meet your Hartford Connecticut Triathlon Coaches Lynne and Janice

Lynne Tapper

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Certifications: USAT Level 1 Coach, Heart Zones Master Level 4 Certified Personal Trainer

Bio: Sports and fitness has been Lynne’s calling for well over 20 years. Her passion for fitness and competition began in earnest when she was a freshman at Connecticut College. She was a member of the women’s crew team for four years and the women’s squash team for one year. She was also a four-year member of the Student Athletic Advisory Board.

Lynne has been competing in marathons and other running distances since 1989. She started participating in the Danskin Women’s Triathlon in 1993. One her life’s goals is to share her enthusiasm for sports and fitness with everyone she meets by encouraging them to live a healthy, fit lifestyle by incorporating fitness and sport into their everyday lives. In 2004 Lynne coached and coordinated her entire extended family (from her mother to her 2nd cousin) through training and participating in the Webster, MA Danskin Women’s Triathlon!

Lynne is also a professional organizer and event planner in the Greater Hartford area. Her business, Seize the DazeSM, specializes in helping new parents find powerful and simple techniques and tools to ease the chaos that accompanies the arrival of a baby. She is the author, with her husband, of baby daze®: An organizer for tracking your baby’s first few months. She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and the New York and Connecticut local chapters.

Lynne continues to enter several Sprint and Olympic distance triathlons every season. In 2009, she completed her first 70.3 distance triathlon. Lynne enjoys a wide variety of endurance-type events and is always looking for her next challenge.

Lynne resides in West Hartford, CT with her husband and two children.

Janice Cohen

Certifications: Hatha Yoga Teacher, USAT Level 1 Coach, Heart Zones Level 1 Personal Trainer

Bio: Janice is committed to the empowerment of girls and women through physical fitness and sports. As an undergraduate at Georgetown University she began developing her running and swimming skills. She has been an exercise enthusiast for over 30 years and on several continents.

Janice’s passion for triathlons began the day she started training for her first triathlon in 2004. She shares her joy for the sport with every team member. She has completed sprint, olympic and 70.3 distance triathlons since that time.

Her long term personal commitment to the practice and promotion of yoga and meditation has been supported by completion of a one year teacher training program in Northampton, MA, and graduate work at Wesleyan University in Hatha Yoga. She brings her knowledge of the mind/body connection to every workout.

Janice resides in West Hartford, CT with her husband and three children. Her teenage daughter Nora is an aspiring triathlete who currently volunteers at all the races in which her mother competes. Janice’s passion for triathlons has also spread to her husband and two teenage sons who have all participated in sprint distance triathlons.

Before moving back to CT, Janice worked for the Spanish Embassy in Washington, DC, and for a multi-national corporation in Madrid, Spain.

Testimonials:

I think that [at] every training session I came away with something that encouraged me, gave me a new way of looking at things, or confirmed that I was on the right track.--Susan P.

Reflecting on Sunday's "tri" I keep thinking about how much more prepared I was than I thought I was! Credit goes partially to my motivation, but more importantly to the training you provided. Your knowledge, encouragement and easy-going style made it all so much fun.--Diane (age 61)

Yesterday was awesome! I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and it would not have been the same had I not participated in [this group[ training. I felt very well prepared and I want to thank you for that. --Jill H.

It has been great to train with you both with all of your coaching and tri experience/expertise. I really felt very well prepared and knew what to expect for the first race….It has also been a joy to meet and work with all of the workout leaders.  They have been very attentive and were there to answer all of my questions and concerns as I trained for my first race.  It has been a wonderful eight week journey!  - Tonya M.

You both found ways to encourage, support and believe in me. And, for that I will be forever grateful. I have never had this kind of experience. Not only did you help me accomplish my own personal goal, which by the way, was simply to cross the finish line. But, then, over the weeks of training, I became stronger and more confident and as you probably suspected, I added a personal finish time goal. I will proudly say that I accomplished both my personal goals...finishing the race and finishing 18 minutes faster than I ever thought possible! But, more importantly, I felt prepared, confident and like a winner before I even started! You guys are the best! - Paula C