Lucy has been interested in coaching and teaching from an early age. She has coached since she was sixteen and has coached triathletes professionally since 1996. In 1997 she also earned her education degree. Lucy has worked with athletes of all abilities - from those who are aiming for podium status, to those trying to achieve their personal best. Because of her own personal situation of balancing a professional sports career with motherhood, Lucy has a keen ability to understand the challenges of balancing career, sport, family, and the importance of setting individual priorities that reflect true personal goals.

Kirsten Sweetland from Sept 2005-2006: Lucy began working with Kirsten in the fall of 2005 and under her guidance, Kirsten went undefeated as a Junior in Canadian Triathlon, winning Gold at the National Junior Triathlon Champs, Silver at the ITU World Junior Duathlon Championships and culminated her season with a Gold medal at the World Junior Triathlon Championships.

Lucy started coaching runners and triathletes when she realized she had much to offer athletes that are either new to the sport, have reached a plateau on the road to improvement, or just desire to go to the next level and need advice. She has helped many athletes overcome mental obstacles that have limited their performance and enjoyment of sports, as well as offering support and advice on goal setting. Her philosophy of sport and coaching revolves completely around accessing personal potential by developing expertise and maintaining joy along the way.

She combines an insight into what sustains and motivates individuals to achieve personal excellence with a knowledge of sound training principles to assist athletes in their desire to improve and reach goals. Lucy also keeps learning from some of the greatest coaching minds in the world through her involvement with Pacific Sport, the world class training facility in Victoria, B.C.

Lucy is currently coaching a very limited number of athletes on a per athlete basis. For more information please contact Lucy.

Lucy has herself been coached by Lance Watson and LifeSport since 1994. To view the LifeSport coaching options and to receive world class coaching, visit www.lifesport.ca.

"Coaching is not a frill, but an integral part of being an athlete. In my 20 year career, I have never not been coached. I have learned something from all of my past coaches. I can honestly say that without Lance I wouldn't have achieved the things I have over the last ten years, and probably wouldn't have medaled at 2 World Championships. Lance has helped me find direction, choose logical goals and refine my positive mental skills. Lance has also designed all the major training plans that have led to my being able to race successfully and to my potential at so many important and championship events.

For me, coaching is one of the most important components of being an athlete. What defines coaching right now in triathlon is that through the internet, all athletes can have access to some level of coaching, as opposed to the old model where only elite athletes deserve, or can afford, or can have access to the sort of coaching required to develop to and compete at the top level. What differentiates LifeSport, I believe, is that arguably two of the best triathlon coaches in Canada, coaches who have worked in possibly more environments and with more elite and age group athletes than anybody else, have found a way to deliver their expertise to anyone who desires to achieve excellence in triathlon, and they know how valuable that peak athletic experience is to everybody"

-Lucy Smith