Triathlon CV
Celia Boothman – British Triathlon coach
Swimming (level 2 Triathlon coach)
The head teacher in my primary school was keen on getting a good swimming squad together, so I used to train 3 times a week at school. I was never a natural freestyle swimmer, so I was picked for the breaststroke races, but that all changed at secondary, and I didn’t really swim, except to get picked for the Butterfly races as nobody else could do it (I can’t either!) I swam a bit for fitness in Nottingham, and then in Sheffield I joined a swimming group at the gym, which consisted of me and a few men. I started swimming competitively when starting triathlon. I have improved my time over 100m by 20+ seconds through coaching.
Cycling (level 2 British Cycling coach)
I used to ride recreationally with my parents, and then as a form of transport when living in the city. I had a brief introduction to mountain biking from an ex-boyfriend, and joined the University Mountain biking club in Nottingham. I went out a few times with them, but got fed up with being the only woman, I started cycling again in Sheffield out on my hybrid bike in the Peak district, and was a bit of a fair weather cyclist. I started cycling competitively when I started triathlon, and I now take part in time trials, and the odd bit of mountain biking. I won the Welsh 100 mile time trial championship in 2014 with a time of 4:46. I am a keen power meter user and can provide coaching and advice based on power zones.
Running (level 2 Triathlon coach)
I have run competitively since I was about 11 years old. I was picked out when doing a cross country run as being good enough to run on the boys team. There were no girls cross country teams in those days! I was often the only girl at races, but kept it up as I enjoyed running. I continued to run in secondary school, where I ran cross country,1500m and 800m. The highlights were running for Somerset county, and winning the AAA championship 1500m in Somerset. When I left school I continued to run for fitness, and dabbled in running competitively again in Sheffield for the Dark Peak fell runners. I then moved to Pembrokeshire, got pregnant and ran up to 8 months with my first child, then started doing triathlon.
Qualifications
Dr Stacy Sims “Menopause for Athletes” course 2020
Dr Stacy Sims “Women are not small men” course 2019
British Triathlon Level 2 Diploma 2019
Attended Training Peaks University and Endurance Coaching Summit, Manchester November 2018
Training Peaks power certified
Attended 2 British cycling Chimp management courses on communication, and improving athlete performance. 2016
Level 3 diploma in Sports Nutrition 2015
British Triathlon level 2 coach 2014
First Aid at work 2014
British Cycling level 2 coach 2013
Sheffield Hallam University BSC with QTS (2:1) 1998-2000
The Nottingham Trent University HND in Textiles and Clothing, pass with merit 1996-1998
Taunton School, Taunton, 2 A-levels, 1 A/S level 9 GCSE levels (3 A’s, 5 B’s 1 C) 1990-1996
YMCA in circuits and weight training 1994
SPSA (rock climbing, single pitch supervisors award) 1995
ML (mountain leadership) summer training 1995
BCU Kayak instructing 1995
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