TriPlus: Meet The Coaches
Transforming Performance Through Expert Coaching
A unique blend of evidenced based triathlon planning, integrated nutrition, sports medicine, & sports therapy provided by highly educated and qualified coaches.
Gareth Jones - Triathlon Coach
Qualifications & Experince
Gareth Jones BSc (Hons) 1st class PgDip MSc MSST
- Graduate Sports Therapist
- Certified Ironman coach
- Sports and outdoor education prize winner UWTSD
- Power bike fit certified
- Personal trainer - level 4
- Sports Nutrition - level 5
- Sports trauma management
- Personal achievements
- Ironman Wales finisher
- 4 x long distance finisher
- British Army cross country champion
- City of Salisbury 10km winner
- Tenby 10km winner
- Talley 5km winner
- Ammanford 10km winner
- Swansea bay 5km series winner
- Rhyader fell race winner
- Llanelli 5km winner
Gareth has competed in running for 35 years, winning the prestigious British Army cross country championships, with over 35 race wins at both amateur and professional level.
He has competed in various triathlon events worldwide for over 20 years, completing Ironman Wales, as well as 4 x long distance events.
His passion for triathlon coaching is unmatched, he has trained athletes with no experience to achieve their very first super sprint event, to amateur and professional level triathletes, to date he has helped triathletes achieve over 1000 ironman event finishes.
Gareth’s advanced education allows him to use research based, gold standard methods to help athletes progress in all areas, whilst other areas of expertise include, bike fitting, running analysis, injury diagnosis, functional movement assessments, and biomechanics. Most of this may be used online for members, in-person clinics are also available.
Daniel Webb - Nutritional Planning
Qualifications & Experience
Daniel Webb BSc (Hons) PgDip MSc RD
- BSc Human Nutrition, Public Health & Exercise Physiology – with additional accreditations in Immunology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Human Physiology
- PgDip Dietetics (1st class honours)
- MSc Dietetic practice (1st class honours)
- Registered Dietitian
- Sports Dietitian
- 6 years clinical experience within the NHS
- HCPC fully registered practitioner
- BDA freelance affiliate
- BDA freelance group membership
- BDA Sports Nutrition member
- Private dietetic & sports nutrition business owner
Dan is a keen squash player, representing Wales at a Regional level. Dan runs the Swansea Premier division Swansea squash team, who are Welsh Premier Division Champions 2023. Dan is a keen triathlete, football player, and has previously trained as a personal trainer.
Dan runs a private dietetic & sports nutrition business providing evidenced based nutritional planning, evaluation, & protocols to a range of athletes including professional footballers, squash players, & triathletes.
Dan is currently employed within the NHS as the Acute Team Lead Dietitian & Lead Dietitian for Surgery at Morriston hospital. Dan also works as a weekly highly specialised outpatient gastroenterology dietitian for the NHS.
Dan provides inpatient care for patients admitted to ICU, surgical wards & medical wards.
Medical & surgical specialities covered within clinic include (not exhaustive)
- Cirrhotic liver disease (including decompensated disease)
- Non-cirrhotic liver disease
- Metabolic liver disease
- Coeliac disease
- Advanced care of enteral feeding tubes
- Advanced knowledge of IV management for provision of nutrition (parenteral nutrition)
- Eosinophilic Oesophagitis (including Lymphocytic)
- Diabetes (type 1, 2 & 3c)
- IBS
- IBD (UC & Crohns)
- Constipation
- Pancreatic disorders (including surgical resections)
- Bile acid malabsorption
- Eating disorders (including tier 3 inpatient management)
- Lactose intolerance
- Diverticular disease
- Functional gut disorders
- Elhos Danlos syndrome
- Low BMI
- Weight management support
- Ear, nose & throat surgery
- Maxillofacial surgery
- Upper gastrointestinal surgery
- Colorectal surgery
- Short bowel syndrome
- High output stoma management
- Pancreatic surgery
- Trauma and orthopaedics
- Cardiothoracic surgery
Jordan Discombe - Triathlon Coach
Qualifications & Experience
Jordan Lee Discombe - BSc (Hons)
- 6 full-distance triathlons
- Certified Ironman coach
- British Triathlon Level 2 Coach
- Certified Sports Massage Therapist
- Sports Therapy BSc (Hons)
Jordan is deeply committed to providing evidenced-based methods to help athletes reach their peak potential. Jordan is known for his strong leadership qualities, organisational skills, and strong inter-personal communication skills.
Jordan has years of experience coaching triathletes of all levels, across various distances.
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