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I was first introduced to triathlon in 1993 when I volunteered at the Ironman Canada finish line. \u00a0 <\/span>Going into that day I would have no idea how triathlon would become weaved into my fabric.\u00a0 <\/span>I went on to set Age Group records and then on to a professional career where I won Three IM titles and achieved a personal best 4th<\/sup><\/span> placing at the World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. \u00a0However the biggest influence on me has been when I transitioned from racer to coach and was given the privilege to work with an array of individuals on their triathlon journey. \u00a0<\/p>\n I have been a facilator for Traithlon BC and Triathlon Canada for their community coaching course for over 15 years.<\/span>\u00a0 Community is where my passion lies. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I am a certified Yoga Instructor as well as I earned a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition over 25+ years ago. I use both to provide athletes a balanced approach to Racing and Training.<\/span><\/p>\n Currently I divide my time between Kaslo, in the heart of the Kootenays of BC and beautiful SilverStar just outside of Vernon, BC <\/span>where \u00a0Endurance Health and Fitness started back in 2006.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/span>I look forward to share my knowledge, the beauty of British Columbia and other areas with you as you pursue your endurance goals.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”mailto:melspooner@shaw.ca?subject=I%20am%20interested%20in%20Getting%20Started” button_text=”Get Started” module_id=”Pay” _builder_version=”4.19.2″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#000000″ button_bg_color=”#B3B3B3″ button_border_width=”0px” button_border_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” button_border_radius=”0px” button_letter_spacing=”2px” button_font=”Montserrat|700||on|||||” button_icon=”$||divi||400″ background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”30px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”|||60px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|desktop” custom_padding=”15px|40px|15px|40px|true|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”off|phone” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ehfcoaching.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_7333-e1665519844381.jpeg” title_text=”IMG_7333″ show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ custom_margin_tablet=”50px||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About Mel I was first introduced to triathlon in 1993 when I volunteered at the Ironman Canada finish line. \u00a0 Going into that day I would have no idea how triathlon would become weaved into my fabric.\u00a0 I went on to set Age Group records and then on to a professional career where I won […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-399","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehfcoaching.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehfcoaching.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehfcoaching.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehfcoaching.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehfcoaching.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ehfcoaching.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1029,"href":"https:\/\/ehfcoaching.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399\/revisions\/1029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehfcoaching.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}