Colorado Premier Training Announces Partnership with USA Triathlon

Durango, Colo. ñ Colorado Premier Training (CPT) has reached an agreement with USA Triathlon (USAT) to make the advantage of wind tunnel testing available to triathletes at all levels with services aimed at USAT annual members as well as USAT elite and National Team athletes.

This relationship establishes CPT as an Official Wind Tunnel Testing Supplier of USAT and the USAT National Teams Program. The USAT National Team Athletes will spend time in the wind tunnel, improving their cycling position and efficiency in their continued pursuit of international success.

ìThe facility itself is world-class and to provide the best coaching service possible, CPT has hired Mark Cote from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to run wind tunnel operations,î said CPT owner Steve Owens. ìColorado Premier Training strives to be the most advanced coaching organization in the world. We are pleased to be working with a similarly minded organization in USA Triathlon and look forward to working with many triathletes. Together with USA Triathlon, we can educate athletes on the importance of drag and power to drag testing and show that overall efficiency on the bike can lead not only to huge time savings on the bike, but improvements in overall efficiency. If you can get an athlete more efficient on the bike in terms of energy expenditure, they can take that energy savings and have better performance not just on the bike portion, but on the run as well.î

ìAmerican triathlon has always been a contender on the world stage and the scientific testing services provided by Colorado Premier Training could help vault the U.S. team to the top of the international stage going into 2008,î said USAT Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications Tim Yount. ìThe fact that this world-class facility is practically in our back yard and available to our general membership as well as our National Team is terrific. Colorado Premier Training has made it clear they are here to maximize North American multisport and cycling at every level.î

Colorado Premier Training, LLC specializes in coaching cyclists and multi-sport athletes of all abilities and is operator of the worldís leading wind tunnel facility for cyclists and triathletes. CPT helps clients to implement and execute their plan, then provides the resources and support that clients need to reach optimal fitness for any event and every day performance.

For more information go to: http://www.coloradopremiertraining.com/usat