Coaching built around you.

Hi, I'm Ian.

Founder and head coach at ION Performance.

I've been coaching for over 15 years, and for much of that time I've also been teaching other coaches how to coach. I'm a coach educator for Triathlon Scotland, I deliver British Triathlon coaching awards, and I'm also a lecturer in sports coaching and fitness. The way I coach you is shaped by the same principles I teach to the next generation of coaches.

Alongside triathlon coaching, I bring experience as a strength and conditioning coach and a strong grounding in sports nutrition, so your swim, bike and run sit inside a bigger picture of strength, fuelling and recovery.

What I enjoy most, though, is the people. Two athletes can follow the same session and get completely different results because of how they think, what drives them and what else is going on in their lives. I'm genuinely interested in what makes people tick: why you train, what keeps you going when it gets hard, and what gets in the way.

To help with this, I use a range of coaching profiling tools that give us insight into your motivation, your mindset towards training and racing, and how you like to be coached. They aren't clinical assessments. They're a starting point for a better conversation, so your plan fits you as a person, not just your fitness numbers.

I race too, from duathlon and sprint triathlon through to Olympic distance and the T100 in London. I know what it's like to balance training with work and family, and to stand on a start line wondering if you've done enough.