Tamara is a lifelong competitive athlete with over three decades of experience across endurance and ultra-endurance sports. Her journey has spanned cycling, triathlon, running, and multisport racing each discipline fueling her relentless drive to test limits and elevate performance.
Since 2005, Tamara has been coaching athletes to reach their highest potential through a full-circle approach that blends real world racing experience with evidence based training and performance science.
As a 6x national-level athlete, USA Cycling coach, and UESCA certified Cycling and Triathlon coach, as well as a certified Strength and Conditioning coach and certified Sports and Performance Nutritionist, Tamara’s coaching unites every element of athletic development: mindset, movement, and metabolism.
Her expertise in endurance and ultra-endurance performance spans from virtual to IRL racing. She’s coached athletes to National Championships, World Championship events, Ironman World Championship (Kona) qualifications, and into the professional ranks.
Tamara works with athletes of all levels from amateur to elite competitors believing that every athlete deserves a personalized, purposeful plan designed to ignite their potential. Her mission is simple: to develop stronger, smarter, and more resilient athletes who perform at their peak when it matters most.
Tamara continues to train and compete at the national level, constantly setting new goals and living the lifestyle she teaches.
Experience. Education. Execution.
That’s the Ignite difference.
Certifications
- USA Cycling Level 2 Coach
- USA Cycling Programming and Training Design Specialization
- USA Cycling Athlete Development Specialization
- USA Cycling Physiology of Training Specialization
- UESCA Certified Cycling Coach
- UESCA Certified Triathlon Coach
- UESCA Endurance Sports Nutritionist
- ISSA Elite Trainer
- Certified Fitness Trainer (ISSA)
- Specialist in Sports and Performance Nutrition (ISSA)
- Specialist in Exercise Therapy (ISSA)
- Specialist in Strength and Conditioning (ISSA)
- Sports Nutrition (Human Kinetics)
- Specialist in DNA/Genetic Program Design (ISSA)
Competition History
- 2026 Gran Fondo National Series Dade City, FL 4th
- 2025 Gran Fondo National Series Helen, GA Finisher
- 2025 Horribly Hilly Hundreds Wisconsin Finisher
- 2025 Gran Fondo National Series Asheville NC 4th
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2024 Gran Fondo National Qualifier, Asheville NC, 3rd and qualified for Nationals
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2024 Hincapie Gran Fondo Bango Maine 3rd
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2024 GFNY Grand Fondo New York City World Championship 7/17
- 2023 GFNY Grand Fondo New York City World Championship
- 2023 Grand Fondo Hincapie Bangor Maine 3rd place women 50+, 6th place overall
- 2018 Vancouver Pro Am 2nd Place Masters Bodybuilding, 4th Place open bodybuilding
- 2016 CBBF National Physique Championships 9th Place Open Physique B, 16th Place Masters
- 2015 BC Provincial Championships – 3rd Master’s Physique, 3rd Open Physique B
- 2014 CBBF Canadian National Physique Championships 16th Masters Physique B, 12th Open Physique B
- 2014 BC Provincial Championships – 2nd Masters Physique, 3rd Tall Physique
- 2012 CBBF Canadian National Bodybuilding Championships – 8th Heavyweight and 7th Heavyweight Masters
- 2011 BC Provincial Bodybuilding Championships – 2nd Women’s Heavyweight.
- 2010 BC Provincial Bodybuilding Championships– 1st Master’s, 3rd Women’s Heavyweight. Qualified for Canadian Bodybuilding Championships
- 2009 Sandra Wickham Fall Classic – 1st Heavyweight, 1st Master’s, Best Poser and Overall Champion