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Val Burke - Whistler endurance training specialist

(Val in Comfortably Numb Trail Race)

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Ready to Reach Your Peak?

My name is Val Burke and I'm an Exercise Physiologist and Endurance Training Specialist in triathlon, biking and running. I am co-author of the "Best Ever Stretching" posters and handouts, which are stretching resources for health professionals. I lived and trained athletes in Whistler, Canada, before returning to New Zealand in November 2007.

My mission:
To help you reach YOUR potential as an endurance athlete using the potential that has been given to you.

"My coaching program is continually evolving, a combination of my athletic, academic, sport science and coaching background. I take pleasure in working with all the inspirational athletes I coach.

Click on Val's history to see her pdf resume containing details of my athletic, coaching and sport science background.

Glimpses of the 2007 Season

Will Routley

Will Routley - coached by Val Burke

"Professional Cyclist for Symmetrics
Fueled by FarmPure team"

2007 Victories:
Tour de Whiterock (B.C. Superweek)
BC Cup #1, 3, 4
Washington State Championships
Cypress Mountain Hill Climb
Team Time Trial Stage 3 El Salvador
Washington Road race, Bellingham
BC Team Time Trial Champs
Bremerton Blackberry Criterium (Washington)

Gary Robbins

Gary Robbins - coached by Val Burke

"First person to have successfully run the 'West Coast Trail' and 'Juan De Fuca Trail' back to back, 130km 23hr40m!"

2007 Victories:
Vancouver New Year's Day Fat Ass 50km
N. Vancouver Dirty Duo 50km Ultra
N. Vancouver Summit to Shore
Adventure Race Challenge
Squamish Mind Over Mountain
Adventure (MOMAR) Race
Shawnigan Lake MOMAR
Cumberland MOMAR
*1st Team to Win all 3 MOMARS
in one season!!

Gabi Moeller

Gabi Moeller - coached by Val Burke

Beginner Road Cyclist 2006
July 2007
Completed Pre-Tour de France
(under the Patronage of Pro Eric Zabel)
21 days
3550 kms
7 Mountain Stages

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Val Burke Named Best Coach for Whistler, 2007

Val Burke is leaving Whistler for New Zealand after six years as a coach and trainer, but her legacy was nothing short of extraordinary. In her short tenure she has worked with some of Whistler’s top athletes, and bettered their performances in triathlons, Ironman triathlons, road runs, trail runs, biking, and most recently skate skiing. Some of the athletes she’s worked with over the years include...
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