Jon Cowell has been training, coaching and mentoring all manner of athletes for over 20 years; from road running club beginners and experienced marathoners to medal winning Age Group Duathletes, Triathletes and International athletes.
With a supportive and empathetic style, Jon will encourage beginners to take on the multisport challenge, or guide runners through the transition to achieve natural running form or provide a
critical and constructive review of the more experienced athlete's training.
Specialising in gaining maximum investment from the minimum workload, arriving at the start line fit and fresh, Jon can assist you with your athletic aspirations.
Jon is a Newton Natural Running Form coach and combines these skills with his additional experience and qualifications in coaching. He has successfully worked with athletes of all abilities to
improve their running form, achieving championship winning form at all levels of his coaching.
Jon is a member of the executive committee of the Cluster for Research Into Coaching charity and contributes to the charity administration and compliance in support of their research and conference work. He has a special interest in making academic research of the socio-pedagogic nature of coaching more accessible to coaching practitioners. https://cricsportcoaching.com/
Studying for Doctorate in Sports Coaching (Cardiff Met University)
MSc Sports Coaching (Loughborough University)
BTF Level 3 Triathlon Coach
First-class Honours Degree Sport Science
Newton Natural Running Form Coach
BTF Open Water Swimming Coach
STA Level 2 Open Water Safety
Triathlon England Coach Tutor
Triathlon England Coach Mentor
UK Athletics Performance Coach (Endurance)
UK Athletics Strength and Conditioning
UK Athletics Level 3 Endurance Official
Diploma in Sports Massage
NVQ Level 5 Sports Management
Professional Certificate in Education
UK Anti-Doping Accredited Advisor
Jon is a competing athlete himself, having run his first marathon at age 14. Since then he has branched out into duathlon and triathlon, and represented Great Britain many times as an age-group triathlete and duathlete, winning a silver medal at the European championships in 2008. During the last 5 years, he has worked on his running form, gradually transitioning back to a more natural, forefoot style of running, which served him so well as a teenager on the track. This has made him a more efficient runner, suffering fewer injuries. More recently, Jon broke the Guinness world record for the indoor ironman triathlon in a time of 08:24.47 and also the Guinness world record for the greatest distance run on a treadmill in 12 hours - 102.08km.
Over 400 senior races with 103 podium finishes
New Zealand Coast to Coast finisher 2016
Guinness World Record Indoor Ironman 2012
Guinness World Record Indoor 12 hour run 2013
Second overall UK Powerman Sprint 2014
First AG UK Powerman 2013
BTF National Ranking Series AG Champion 2009
European Duathlon AG Silver Medalist 2008
BTF Mazda National Ranking Series AG Runner Up 2008
2nd Veteran World Duathlon Series Benny Vansteelant Memorial Race 2008
4 x Ironman finisher
3 x PowerMan Zofingen finisher
Represented Team GB AG at 30 World and European championships
Former Army (Cyprus) Triathlon Chairman
Over 20 years of multisport racing
Race organiser for over 30 Duathlon, Triathlon and Aquathlon events and in excess of 50 road running races and cross country events.