Michelle is a two time Olympian already and would have loved to have added a third to her career, but unfortunately that is not possible, due to her longstanding back injury which has her caused pain and grief for many years. Michelle says " I could be dissapointed with not being able to race the Olympic Qualifier in Madrid, but instead I have chosen to turn this into a positive and focus my energy into the athletes that I coach. I have had two experiences of the games and three would have been a dream come true, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be."  

Michelle at Athens Olympic Games 2004, where she placed an awesome 6th!

Michelle is proud to launch her NEW website TEAM DILLON COACHING

Team Dillon is offering triathlon coaching on a monthly basis or one off training programmes for races fast approaching on the race calendar. As winner of last years London Triathlon, Michelle is offering her knowledge to help help all those participants looking to gain the edge on their c ompetition. Team Dillon is offering a 10 week, 8 week or 6 week preogramme for first timers or the more experienced triathlete for as little as £15 per week. For more information please check out the brand NEW website:

www.teamdilloncoaching.com

Michelle has created this website to give back to others what she has learnt through her amazing experiences as an elite level athlete for the last 20 years.

You will find training tips, nutritional information, and have the opportunity to buy 2nd hand quality triathlon kit.

Please come and visit - we look forward to helping you!!

Michelle is thrilled to be supported by Vines of Redhill Mini in 2008. Michelle collected her NEW Mini at the beginning of April.

With thanks to Nigel Farrow for the photograph above.

The season has started and unfortunately mine has been delayed. I wasn't able to race Mooloolaba ITU World Cup at the weekend due to a virus that hampered my preparation in the lead up to it. I hadn't been feeling too well and just wasn't ready to start racing just yet so unfortunately I was a late withdrawal. This means I won't be racing at New Plymouth this weekend either and will probably have to wait until the Olympic selection race in Madrid to get my season underway. This is when you will see me next toe the line for the start. Before that though I will be heading back to the UK and sunny (I'm hoping) Loughborough.

I have been coaching Stu Hayes and again he performed strongly to finish 12th in his forst World Cup of the season. Mine and Stu's training partners Emma Davies and Richard Stannard did really well too and finished 15th and 23rd respectively.

They will all race this weekend in New Plymouth, so look out for their results! I will be there too, cheering from the sidelines.

Take Care

Michelle