Head coach
Andie Bernard, M.Ed., has combined a lifetime of 
fitness with a passion for helping others in her work with athletes of all skills. For the past decade, she has trained casual exercisers to professional dancers, coached NCAA collegiate champions and professional athletes and youth to adult multi-sport athletes. She is the spokesperson and choreographer for the New 8 Minute Pilates and Abs Core Series fitness DVDs and has been featured on Fox 31 News and QVC television.
Andie boasts certifications through the United States Triathlon Association (USAT) as a certified coach and the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a certified personal trainer and strength and conditioning specialist. She is also the team founder and director of the Tri Babes Training, a women’s triathlon training group and racing team serving Boulder and Denver communities. Andie also coaches with two prestigious coaching networks; Joe’s Friel’s Training Bible Team and Wes Hobsen Performance.
Starting as a runner, Andie podiumed and set college records in track and field as a hepthathlete and has won and competed in events ranging from the 100 meters to cross-country races. After college she transitioned to triathlons and has competed and podiumed in dozens of races from Xterra triathlons to Half-Ironman distances nationwide. One of her new goals this season is to compete as a cyclist in Velodrome track racing. Her coaching philosophy is to teach with patience, enthusiasm, and encouragement. She enjoys working with all levels of athletes and loves sharing with them her passion for training and competition.
You can contact Andie via email at andie@bouldertribabes.org or on her mobile phone at (303) 859.8999.
Assistant Coaches
Courtney Staufer is a Heart Zones Certified Coach and a former Team Danskin Training assistant coach. She is training for her first 1/2 Ironman race in 2008 and leads occasional workouts during the Boulder Tri Babes Peak Season session. Courtney also maintains the Tri Babes Training web site and assists with team marketing and communications. When she's not on the bike, in the water, or running the trails, Courtney works doing publications and web design for the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Lea Stenerson came to Boulder from beautiful Portland, Oregon to pursue her graduate degree in exercise physiology. After becoming a mother, the importance of maintaining fitness during pregnancy and post-partum became abundantly clear. It also became clear how difficult this can be, thus Mama Mojo Fitness was born.
Lea is truly well-rounded as a fitness professional with substantial experience in both the clinical & applied setting and with an extensive background in teaching and coaching. An athlete as well, Lea has competed in many sports including swimming, triathlon, distance running, skiing, gymnastics, water polo, track and field, and as a result she understands what it takes physically, mentally and emotionally to engage in exercise at all levels.
The mother of a lively toddler, she recognizes that there are time constraints in daily life and designs programs that are scientifically sound and effective, yet fun and efficient so they provide a ray of sunshine in even the busiest of schedules.
Lea’s athletic drive, compassionate heart and extensive background make her the ideal trainer for a wide variety of clients including high level athletes, those brand new to exercise and sport, youths, aging athletes, those looking to lose weight, pre- and post-natal, moms of all ages, and those rehabilitating an injury. Lea has consistently shown the ability to meet people wherever they are in their fitness path and help them get to where they want to be, while understanding and empathizing with the wide range of challenges that people face at all levels.
Complementing her personal training business, Lea has years of experience as a running, swimming and triathlon coach, sharing an infectious enthusiasm with both her group and one-on-one clients. Additionally, she has nearly a decade of experience working as an exercise test technician/physiologist and skillfully uses the data to further her clients’ progress.
Certifications:
ACE – CPT,
USAT Triathlon Coach,
AFAA – Group Exercise Instructor,
Integrated Body Conditioning,
PSIA Level II alpine ski instructor,
EMT training
Master of Science – Kinesiology and Applied Physiology,
University of Colorado
Bachelor’s Degree - Sports Medicine, Physical Education, Secondary Education Certification with P.E. and Health endorsements,
Whitworth College
JoAnn Zelasko’s passion is training “first time” triathletes to get to the start and the finish lines. She has been working with women triathletes for 5 years and has completed 11 sprint triathlons. She also has done many 5K, 10K and half-marathon events. She loves to ski and golf, and does both with great enthusiasm. When she is not working with women athletes, she is an Assistant Dean in the College of Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
JoAnn approaches triathlon training from the three prong approach of physical, organizational, and emotional readiness. She works with each athlete to help her with her individual needs, be it open water swimming confidence, changing a bike tire, or nutrition as a triathlete.
