Mike is a Level 3 triathlon coach (the highest award in triathlon coaching) and a British Triathlon Federation Mentor to coaches on the Level 3 High Performing Coach Programme.  He runs his own private coaching business, ZigZag Alive, supporting clients of all abilities and ambitions, from nervous novices to high performers in swim, bike, run and triathlon.  He was the Head Coach at Brighton Tri Club (Triathlon England's Club of the Year 2015), from 2014 to 2017, leading a team of 25 qualified coaches.

Mike is also a Swim England (formerly ASA) qualified Swim Teacher and teaches children with disabilities to swim through the charity Level Water. He has been a regular contributor to the Outdoor Swimming Society, providing training guides and other support for open water swimmers.

He has an academic background as a social scientist, a PhD from Sussex University, an MBA from Imperial College Management School and had a long career in the UK civil service as a senior team leader and manager.  On taking early retirement he became a Visiting Fellow at Brighton University and published in the prestigious peer review journal Science & Public Policy.

More personally, Mike has and continues to go through his own journey of confidence and facing sometimes difficult change - bereavement, radical change of career and all the twists and turns of starting anew.  This underpins a personal philosophy of always believing in what can be achieved with the right degree of challenge, expert care and encouragement.

Mike also practises and tests out much of his thinking on himself.  In the last few years he embarked on an adventure to learn cross-country skiing (after lots of falling down first time round).  He has also plunged in to SwimRun, completing the challenging Isles of Scilly Ötillö SwimRun.  And he undertakes adventurous open water swim challenges, including the Dart 10km and Hurly Burly.

Follow a few of the amazing challenges his clients undertake, on the ZigZag Alive Stories pages, told in their own words and full of rich insights.

Contact Mike by email or phone: 07758 703572