Endurance coaching with Derek Garcia

I bring two decades of professional racing experience and nearly 20 years of coaching endurance athletes at every level. I build custom, one-on-one training around your events, your experience, and your goals.

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Coaching experience

Nearly 20 years coaching endurance athletes

1,000+ athletes coached to IRONMAN finishes

2,500 swimmers coached in the pool and in open water

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Ways to work with me

Personal Endurance Coaching

One-to-one training built around your next triathlon, ultramarathon, or endurance race. We start with your goal and training history, then adjust the plan as your fitness and schedule change.

Proving Ground Fitness

Leadership through the lens of fitness. Proving Ground Fitness is for business leaders and former competitive athletes who want the highest level of coaching, real accountability, and a community of people who take their goals seriously. Through The Standard and our podcast, we explore how the habits you build in training shape how you lead.

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Gravel Sherpas

Join us for guided gravel camps and private rides in places like Southern Utah and North Idaho.

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This season

My work takes me to the Northwest, the Southeast, and places in between. I coach athletes competing across the U.S. and abroad in triathlons, ultra running, MTB, Road, HYROX and more...