Coach Kimberly
Kimberly has over 17 years of experience as a coach and a personal trainer. She has coached triathlon groups and masters swimming in Illinois, Wisconsin, California and Colorado. Kimberly is currently the head coach of the swim team at the University of Colorado-Boulder and she also coaches youth swimming with The Louisville Dolphins swim team, and masters with Boulder Aquatic Masters and Louisville Rec Masters.
Kimberly is also an accomplished triathlete, racing at the 70.3 and Ironman distance from 2016-2022 as a professional, including competing at 70.3 World Championships in 2021.
Kimberly Goodell
The Things We Deserve
Winter for me means a lot of training, but there isn't much to talk about in the way of races. However, an incident in December got me thinking about how people treat each other, and some of the common attitudes within the triathlon community, but also in society in...
When Life Gives You Lemons… IM 70.3 Santa Cruz and IM 70.3 Boulder (sort of)
My DNF at Boulder Peak was followed by... Another DNF at IRONMAN Boulder 70.3 a month later. This time it was premeditated, a hard decision to come to terms with, but ultimately my choice came down to either Did Not Finish or Did Not Start. By the end of July it was...
The DNF Strikes Back
Last month I was supposed to drop out of the Ironman. But I thumbed my nose at the plan to DNF and then guess what happened at my next race? The DNF gods went ahead and took the sacrifice I owed them. July 9th was the Boulder Peak Olympic, a race with a long history...