ZigZag Alive provides coaching for a range of endurance sports and events.  Whether you are challenging yourself to a new start or reaching for new heights, ZigZag Alive can help you.

We provide expert, friendly, tailored coaching with an emphasis on everything fitting in with the rest of your life.

Click on the links below to find out more about the coaching support for you:

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Coaching for Triathlon

Looking to enter your very first triathlon?  Going for an Ironman?  Make the GB Age Group team?  We coach all abilities and ambitions, from first timers to experienced triathletes aiming to peak for major international events and podium places.  Coaching for each separate sport is also available, such as to run a marathon or undertake a mountain bike challenge or other big ride.

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COACHING FOR SWIM

Want to learn to swim for the first time?  Or make a breakthrough in your technique to be smoother, more efficient and faster?  Or preparing for a big outdoor swim event?  We teach a method of swimming that will unlock the swimmer in you and make you feel confident, no matter what your starting point.  We also prepare distance swimmers for big events, such as the Dart 10k, Henley marathon and the Channel.

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Coaching for Swimrun

Looking to enter the wonderful world of Swimrun?  Or facing a particularly daunting event, such as one of the Ötillö championship races?  We have a specially designed coaching support package for your team of two to get you to your chosen start line ready and working in sync.

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Coaching for Confidence

Whatever challenge you have set yourself, feeling confident is key to having a fulfilling, rewarding, enjoyable experience and to achieving your goals.  As the founders of Confidence-Centred Coaching we provide leading edge support to help you work through any anxieties or fears, develop mental strategies for your chosen event and put confidence and self belief at the centre of what you do.

About Mike Porteous - Triathlon Coach

Mike is a Level 3 British Triathlon Federation Coach (the highest award in triathlon coaching), a Level 2 Swim England Swim Teacher and BTF mentor to coaches on the Level 3 High Performing Coach programme.

From 2014-2017 he was the Head Coach at Brighton Triathlon Club (Triathlon England’s Club of the Year 2015).

He also teaches children with disabilities to swim through the charity Level Water.

And he has been a regular contributor to the Outdoor Swimming Society as former Swim Coach in Residence.

Clients come mainly from the Brighton, Sussex and wider South East England area – though remote coaching from further afield is possible.

At the heart of ZigZag Alive is a philosophy of always believing in the amazing things people can do, given the right degree of challenge, expert care and encouragement.  We love to see people surprise themselves with what they can do.


For more background, go to the About page.

Contact info@zigzagalive.com or phone 07758703572

Coaching programmes for Triathlon, Swim, Swimrun and Confidence

Every coaching relationship is unique, focused on the needs, ambitions and circumstances of each person who comes to ZigZag Alive for coaching.  In general, though, there are three different ways of working that seem to suit most people of all abilities and provide a structure for working together.

Each year we take on a limited number of people on the basis of a twelve month commitment to work closely together, targeting whatever spread of challenges lie ahead and adapting as needed and the year progresses.

We also work with those who come wanting to peak for one specific, single event.  We map out a plan, focus on any specifics and support them all the way through, to be in the very best possible condition for their big day.

And we welcome people who come for one-off or short term help, looking to learn or improve a particular skill such as swimming or running technique.  Our aim is to give enough guidance for you to progress, excited about what you can do.

To find out more what will suit you best and for pricing, click on the buttons above or go to the relevant Coaching Support page.

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Call on 07758 703572 or email info@zigzag alive.com

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