How it Works
I post your daily training every two weeks on a calendar that only you and I can view; you post your workout feedback on the calendar as frequently as possible. We stay in contact via the calendars, email, and telephone. I make changes to your training whenever it is needed. Each week you are also given a mental training focus. This is a specific, periodized mental training program that I have developed, and is fine-tuned to be specific for you.
I never in a million years thought the mental training you are having me do would benefit me so much. I am absolutely stunned and shocked at how much better I am riding.
– James Foulks training for the AZT300
Dara makes you feel like the impossible is possible!
-Heidi Clayton: endurance mountain bike racer, survivor
Credentials and Experience
I have been coaching since 2006. I am licensed as a level 3 USA Cycling coach, a level 1 USA Triathlon coach, and a CPT (certified personal trainer) through NASM.
My racing palmarès include
- 1 national mountain bike win, 2005
- 9 second place national mountain bike finishes, 2003-06
- 9 third place national mountain bike finishes, 2003-06
- A third place finish at XTERRA National Championships, 2007
- 3 times World Championship National mountain bike team member, 2003, ’04, ’06
- A sixth place finish at XTERRA World Championships, 2007
- 4 top 20 finishes in mountain bike World Cups/World Championships, 2003-06
- A first place age-group, 4th woman overall, finish at Imogene Trail Run, 2010
- One stage win at La Vuelta de Bisbee, 2002
- Third place stage finish at the Tour of the Gila, 2005
- Top 10’d the Redlands Classic, 2006
- Former state road race champion, 2002