Pinnacle Fitness Coaching and Events

Heart Rate Zones Testing!

Pinnacle Athlete Maggie Bell completes her heart rate zone test at the Pacific Institute for Sport Education.

Heart rates vary greatly on individuals regardless of fitness levels, that is why it is important to test, analyze, and determine your personal training zones. These personal zones will then be prescribed and used while training to utilize the body’s different energy systems and optimize improvement. The zones can also be used during racing as guide for the most efficient effort levels during performance.

Maggie will be putting her training zone to the test as she prepares for some multisport races and a Half Marathon this fall – Go Maggie!

Maggie is also a sport enthusiast and physiotherapist who helps others with their health. You can read about Maggie’s clinic here:

https://www.northwoodpelvichealth.com/about-northwood

Easter Swim!

A longstanding tradition - the Good Friday Easter Morning Swim at Noosa Main Beach. What a great way to start your Easter weekend - a 3K group swim starting at Noosa Main Beach to beautiful Tea Tree Bay and back. Along the way you pass by surfers on First Point, Little Cove, and Boiling Pot all while paralleling the Noosa National Park coastal boardwalk and trail. What a tour! And you have company - over 100 swimmers of all speeds from the Noosa Triathlon Club and other local swim programs.

Australia Open Water Swim Coaches

Max Pettigrove is a Ironman Surf Lifesaving legend in Australia and has served as a swim coach to many of the Pinnacle Fitness and Elite triathletes in Australia.
Max coaches the famous Wednesday morning surf sets at 5:00am at Noosa Main Beach with all ages and levels taking part to navigate swimming, entering and exiting the ocean swells.
He also coaches the early morning squad sets at the Noosa Aquatic Centre where many of the best triathletes in the world have joined in keep fit while visiting Noosa for training camps (along with pros that reside locally).
Max fills the rest of his time as one of the senior beach lifeguards for the Noosa Region – where he has saved many lives and was Australia’s “Lifeguard of the Year” in 2017 (pictured here in the Noosa Main Beach lifeguard with Senior Pinnacle Coach Paul Regensburg).

Pinnacle Fitness in Australia

Brisbane, Australia will host the 2032 Olympic Games. Pinnacle Fitness attended a 2032 Australian Sport Legacy Taskforce function last week to learn more about the Games, and celebrate 70 years of Olympic Legacy from when Australia hosted the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. Many of the Olympic stars from these Games were in attendance - now in their 90's! Australia's legacy for Olympic Games has been an instrumental part of Pinnacle Fitness's history, with Senior Coach Paul Regensburg attending the 2000 Sydney Games to support the first ever gold medal in the sport to Canadian Simon Whitfield and providing commentary for CBC's television coverage of the historic event. Looking forward to Brisbane in 2032!

Pinnacle Fitness wishes all of it's incredible women, coaches and athletes a happy !

From first-time runners to seasoned triathletes - we are fortunate to work with so many inspiring women 🧡

Noosa Summer Swim!

Congratulations to the Pinnacle Fitness Athletes, Coaches and Noosa Squad Swimmers who competed in the Noosa Summer Swim this past weekend!
The Noosa Summer Swim Festival has grown into one of Australia’s most iconic open water swimming events. Each year, more than 2,500 swimmers accompanied by around 5,000 enthusiastic supporters flock to Noosa for a weekend packed with sunshine, surf, and unforgettable swims. The event distances range from 1km to 5km.
There were some great swims including podium performances by Pinnacle Coach/Athlete and Noosa Aquatic Centre Squad Swimmers Janet Nielsen, Wendy Nothdurft and Marie Knight.
Congratulations to everyone who competed!

Swimming in Honolulu

Pinnacle Fitness was at one of its favourite swimming spots at Ala Moana Park in Honolulu, Hawaii!

And a bonus, Pinnacle Coach Janet Nielsen met up with legendary endurance athlete and coach, Mark Shorter for a swim. Mark has completed 106 marathons including running the Honolulu Marathon 36 times!

Ala Moana features a 200m long protected swim area on Magic Island which is a great spot for a safe ocean swim with some intervals. And right next door is also a 1000m open water swim stretch that is reef protected.

Next time you are on the island of Oahu, check it out for a great open water swim.

BC Provincial Age-Group Champion 🏆

Congratulations to Lori Holroyd for winning the 2025 Triathlon BC Award.

Lori not only had a stellar 2025 Triathlon season - she competed in the prestigious New York Marathon to cap off her incredible year.

Lori also contributes to her community, serving as the Volunteer Coordinator for The Victoria Half, Olympic and Sprint Triathlon event. She also assists in organizing other special events throughout the year.

Well done Lori.
An amazing athlete AND community builder 👏

Metalmorphosis and the Pinnacle Fitness Coaches wish you a wonderful holiday season ✨️

Pinnacle Fitness Athletes and Mother/daughter duo, Jane Shumka and Leslie Moffat are featured in Triathlon Magazine 🇨🇦 on their recent experience at the Kona Ironman World Championships! Read here 👇

A Mother-Daughter Duo's Unforgettable Journey to Kona - Triathlon Magazine Canada A shared dream, a shared start line, and a race they'll remember forever.

New York Marathon!

Best wishes to Pinnacle Athlete Lori Morgan who will compete in the legendary New York City Marathon this Sunday. The New York City Marathon is one of the 7 Marathon Majors events held around the world with the run course traveling through the five boroughs of New York City and over many of its famous bridges - it is the largest marathon in the world with 60,000 runners!
Have a great run Lori!