Joe Friel

Joe Friel is an endurance sports coach best known as an elite triathlon and cycling coach as well as an author.

Friel holds a master's degree in exercise science, is a USA Triathlon and USA Cycling certified elite-level coach. He is a founder and past Chairman of the USA Triathlon National Coaching Commission. He has also been active in business as the founder of TrainingPeaks, a web-based software company, and TrainingBible Coaching. His views on matters related to training for endurance sports have been featured in such publications as ''VeloNews'', ''Outside'', ''Runner’s World'', and ''The New York Times''.

Friel coached Ryan Bolton, an Olympic athlete and the winner of the 2002 Ironman Triathlon at Lake Placid. Friel uses the training philosophy of periodization developed by Tudor Bompa. Provided by Wikipedia