Lisa Bentley raced for 20 years as a professional triathlete. She won 11 Ironman and 16 Ironman 70.3 races in spite of having Cystic Fibrosis.

Lisa became one of Canada’s best triathletes and was ranked top 5 in the world for over a decade. She had several top 5 finishes at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.  She represented Canada on multiple National Teams and finished 6^th at the Pan American Games in 1995.

And while winning was her job, fulfillment was her goal. Now she helps others learn how to win in life and in sport.

Since retiring from professional sport, Lisa authored her first book An Unlikely Champion, coaches triathletes and runners and has delivered motivational speeches around the world.  She, has done sports commentary work with CBC, CTV, TSN and SportsNet including commentary for the Olympics (2012, 2020, 2024).

Lisa has an honors degree from the University of Waterloo in Math and Computer Science and a Bachelors of Education from the University of Western Ontario. Lisa taught high school for 7 years prior to pursuing sport full time in 1999.

Lisa was inducted into the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame in 2012 and into the Triathlon Canada Hall of Fame in September 2014 and into the Caledon Sports Hall of Fame in 2025. She continues to train daily so that she can coach and train alongside the athletes she coaches.

Lisa coaches men and women of all abilities including those doing their first triathlon, those qualifying for the Ironman World Championships and even those who are looking to do sport to enhance the quality of their life and enhance their longevity.

LBT coaching addresses 3 aspects of coaching – the physical, the nutritional and the mental. We train our athletes physically to handle the demands of marathon, 5k, 10k, Ironman, half Ironman and Olympic and Sprint and Try-a-Tri. We train the nutrition aspect – we outline exactly what they need since I have already made all of the nutritional errors! And we train the mental aspect – working through the hurdles in training and then maximizing their potential by having them make a list of their assets and their best workouts and their race theme/mantra for race day! It is a gift for us when we see our athletes accomplish their goals. We balance all of this with injury prevention and strength and modify accordingly if an athlete has high injury potential.

As your coach, I can offer you all of my race specific knowledge – nutrition, mental strategies, training strategies, life balancing strategies – everything that I have learned from 20 years of racing and 33 Ironman events and many running races – 5 Boston marathons and 1 NYC marathon. I have experienced every possible situation in racing and training throughout my career – nutritional, mental and physical. I initially balanced racing as a professional athlete with my full-time teaching career and so I know what it means to have a very full life.  I will provide you with a completely personalized program specific to your life and revolving around your life – if you have a ‘life situation’ that comes up, it is our job (and pleasure) to make the necessary changes to make your training program work for you.  LBT coaching is about helping each athlete do the best that they can with their deck of cards. With a focus on process, our athletes find fulfillment in sport and life.

www.lisabentley.com

www.AnUnlikelyChampion.com