About
InBalance Coaching
InBalance Coaching is nestled in the countryside on the Welsh border. We specialise in endurance coaching and helping athletes achieve dreams they once thought impossible.
My Story
Hello, I’m Ed Collins, a British Triathlon (BTF) Level 3 coach, a graduate of BTF’s High Performance Coach Programme , an accredited Swim Smooth Coach (one of fewer than 40 coaches worldwide) and MSc in Sports Coaching.
With over 30 years of coaching experience, including 10 years as head coach of a junior triathlon club, I’ve guided both juniors to Academy level and adults from sprint to long-distance triathlons. Since competing in my first triathlon in 2010, I’ve developed a deep understanding of what it takes to reach the start line at any distance. I focus on making training enjoyable, incorporating activities like trail runs and open-water swims, and draw on my own experience with injuries to support athletes through recovery and mental challenges. I specialise in helping beginners gain confidence, with many progressing to represent the GB Age Group team competing at the European and World championships.
My coaching journey started while at school and has continued throughout my working life, firstly as a mountain leader and sailing instructor, leading to triathlon and endurance sports from 2010. Combining a career as a sheep farmer, recognised for my work using performance data and genetics to improve profitability in grass-reared sheep production, I decided to reduce the size of the sheep flock to concentrate on coaching endurance athletes and swimmers under the banner InBalance Coaching. The word “InBalance” resonated with me, because if your life is not in balance, you will not fulfil your true potential. A lifetime of coaching, including 10 years as a head coach of a triathlon club, has allowed me to work with people of all ages and abilities, with a diversity of lifestyles. As a regular competitor in endurance events, who has competed in sprint distance triathlon to ironman and 50k mountain runs to 10k swims, I have a thorough knowledge of what is required for an athlete to achieve their dreams.
Qualifications
Keeping abreast with the latest research in best coaching practice through continued education is important to me, and supplements the qualifications I already hold:
MSc Sports (Coaching)
British Triathlon Level 3 Coach (High Performance Coach Program)
Accredited Swim Smooth Coach
Level 2 Training Peaks Coach
National Pool Lifeguard (NPLQ)
Emergency First Aid
Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)