MEET YOUR COACH

JENNY THE COACH

Jenny began coaching cyclists and triathletes in 2009; she founded Jenny Smith Coaching to offer personalized training plans and comprehensive coaching for endurance athletes. She has been the U19 program manager for Crested Butte Devo and head coach for the Crested Butte High School team. Jenny has represented New Zealand at the World Championships in three sports: Track and Field, Mountain biking, and XTERRA Triathlon. 

She has a 25-year career as a cyclist, competing as a professional in mountain biking and cycling.

Jenny offers personalized training plans and comprehensive coaching. She aims to work with her athletes to improve and sustain a healthy, active lifestyle as they reach their performance and life goals. She works with each athlete individually to develop goals and assess skills, fitness, and lifestyle factors. We create a training plan that fits with the athlete and improves their skills, experience, and performance. Each client has a training Peaks account where they receive daily workouts. These workouts fit within an overall season plan and build the athlete's performance toward optimal performance at their highest-priority season races and events.

Qualifications: 

• Jenny is a New Zealand-trained and registered primary teacher.
• USA cycling coach.
• XTERRA triathlon certified coach.
• Level three Colorado Mountain Bike League head coach.
• Colorado Mountain Bike League: Coaches skills instructor.
• Bike Instructor Certificate Program ( BICP) Level 1 fundamental skills instructor.
• Wilderness first aid 16-hour certification. 
• Jenny has completed an American Council of Exercise personal trainer certification.
  

MTB skills instructor.

• Jenny is a Colorado high school league coach instructor.
• A Crested Butte Devo coach skills trainer.
• MTB skills instructor with Backcountry Bike Academy. 
• She has taught and instructed at numerous cycling skills camps and clinics, including Trek dirt camps, REI Outessa outdoor summit, and Western State Colorado University high school camps.
  

Head coach.

• Jenny served as the head coach for the Crested Butte High School team and the U19 Crested Butte Devo Program Manager. Over seven years, the team built to become our division's 2022 Colorado State champions and 2022-2023 regional champions.
• She was the endurance cycling coach for Western State Colorado University from 2012 to 2014. The cycling team placed 3rd, 2nd, and 2nd at the USA Collegiate National Championships 2012-2014.
  

Racing is at the heart of Jenny's athletics and coaching. 

• She continues to race as a pro cyclist at an elite level. 
• She invests in developing her coached athletes through both individual coaching and the U19 development program.
• In 2023, she and Crested Butte Devo developed a U19 race program and won Colorado State championship titles and podiums. 
• Our junior race program will continue to evolve.

BRIAN THE COACH

Brian has a clinical counseling and psychology degree and a minor in kinesiology and coaching. 

He has been a supported living services manager for adults with disabilities for 24 years.

He is the Colorado Special Olympics Triathlon coach. He coaches at the USA Games.

He is the Gunnison Valley Special Olympics, triathlon, track and field, swimming, and cycling coach.

Brian serves on the Gunnison Nordic ski board.

He coaches Gunnison youth Nordic skiing with Crested Butte Nordic and the city of Gunnison's recreation department.