Our Coaches
Coach Michelle
Michelle Dodd, CEO and Head Coach at Flower Power Sports, Inc. brings over 25 years of experience in bodywork and fitness to her role.
In addition to being a USAT Certified Triathlon Coach and Race Director, Michelle’s background also includes serving the women’s athletic community as a yoga teacher and a massage therapist. Her previous experience studying and teaching Iyengar yoga adds a unique sense of calm to her approach to triathlon coaching. Michelle believes that one of the key elements to racing well in any sport is to find a centered place of ease and relaxation while we push our bodies to new levels of performance.
As an avid triathlete herself for the past 25 years, Michelle has a passion for the sport that is contagious, and she continues to participate in races ranging in distance from Sprint to full Ironman. Her longevity and experience in the sport qualify her with a unique body of knowledge as well as a true understanding of the needs and challenges that the women she coaches face.
Through her own experience, Michelle has developed an acute awareness and understanding of how an athlete’s training needs and abilities vary with age, experience level, and time available to train. Based on this experience, along with her successful track record of racing consistently for decades while avoiding injury, she has a unique ability to help women of different ages and levels of fitness to train smart.
Michelle’s passion and motivation comes from a dedication to helping other women accomplish their athletic goals and to push themselves to new levels of fitness by providing thoughtful, well-rounded coaching in an environment that is non-intimidating, enjoyable, and supportive.
Her driving force and reward as a coach is watching her athletes experience the exhilaration and empowerment of accomplishment that comes when they cross the finish line of an event that they may have never thought was possible.
Noel Kosiek
As a coach and trainer since 1999, Noel has successfully coached hundreds of aspiring triathletes through their first triathlon as well as training seasoned triathletes to achieve their personal best. She has an innate sense for when you need to be pushed a bit more, and when you need encouragement – and how to balance the two. Noel brings her passion and love of triathlon to Flower Power Sports through her extensive triathlon experience.
Noel has been an avid triathlete since 1996 including four Ironman Triathlons. She has a BS from Cal Poly SLO and is a certified USAT Triathlon Coach, ACE Personal Trainer, Johnny G Spin Instructor and is certified in Pre/Postnatal Conditioning.