Go2max Endurance Coaching
Walter Thorburn
I am passionate about showing people the right pathway to success putting people closer to their goals every day while keeping the FUN-damentals in place for sustainable fitness. Keeping it enjoyable.
I have coached and guided triathletes to New Zealand and world age group titles since 2001 as well as top 3 results in the Speights Coast to Coast along with NZs premier marathons as a full time professional coach. I am a certified Level 3 Triathlon NZ coach, which is New Zealand’s highest pinnacle of Tri NZs accreditation pathway for coaching.
I have been a full time endurance coach since 2001 and founded the NZ Altitude Training centre in 2013. I have over 30 years of endurance sport experience.
Some of my personal successes include.
2 x New Zealand long course elite triathlon champion.
World masters Olympic distance triathlon champion.
World long course triathlon age group champion.
Winner of over 50 races domestically and internationally
I held the prestigious NZ Port of Tauranga Half Ironman 2k swim/90 k bike/21K course record of 3 hrs 48 minutes for over 11 years.
I also spent 5 years as a professional athlete based with Japans leading Ironman team.
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My Mission
To help turn those with limitations into what others now call talented, and those people with limited talents into champions.