Tom Phelan - head coach

Location: San Carlos, CA
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Schools Attended: U.C. Berkeley
Profession: geek, I mean software engineer
Race Signed Up For: no Ironman this year. Time to rest and coach
Other Races You’ve Done: IMUSA x 2, IMC x 2, IMNZ, Full Vineman, SilverMan
Motivation: health, community, growth, and spirit
Goal: make it to Hawaii someday
Favorite Tri Gadgets: not really a gadget guy, but I do like the new pill dispensertube thing
Favorite Books: Slow, Fat, Triathlete; Big Boys Rules; A Brief History of Time
Favorite Movies and/or TV Show: no TV and only black-and-white movies like Casablanca
Favorite Songs/Artists: what can I say - ’80s rock for working out
Favorite Web Sites: AP water quality site, hamsterdance.com
Favorite Restaurant(s): Chez Shirely II
What do you like to do when you’re not working out? ballroom dance, geocaching, learning to play the bagpipes
Tell us two truths and one lie about yourself…keep them guessing!
I was on the first ever LLS IronTeam.
I have a blackbelt in martial arts.
Too stubborn to admit defeat, I have hiked up the side of a mountain with a broken foot.

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