Tara Norton
Professional triathlete, multi-sport coach

Tara Norton is a professional triathlete and multi-sport coach who lives and trains in Toronto.

Focused on long-course and Ironman races, Tara began her pro triathlon career in 2004. She has over a dozen Ironman races under her belt and has competed at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii each year since 2003. She followed up her 4th place finish at Ironman Lanzarote in 2006 with a 2nd place finish at the same race in 2007, and has a personal best Ironman finishing time of 9:32. Tara is working with her own coach, former Ironman World Champion, Scott Molina, on a training program that continues to make her stronger and faster, and she plans to add "Ironman Champion" to her resume in the not-too-distant future.

In addition to training and racing, Tara is also a key motivational speaker for Pure Momentum, a grassroots company that handles speaking appearances for Canada's best female athletes and other prominent female personalities.

As Head Coach at Absolute Endurance, Tara delivers top-notch coaching programs tailor made to suit athletes' individual needs by combining her motivational abilities and her years of racing and training experience with sound science. Tara's personal racing accomplishments and experience combined with her motivational abilities make her an ideal coach for athletes of any ability.