My husband and I had long careers in the Foreign Service residing many years in foreign countries including Latin America where I honed my Spanish language skills. During those years, even in balancing career, family life raising two daughters, I found time to lead exercise classes in the diplomatic community. Upon the end of a proud government career, it was time to dedicate myself fulltime to my passion. I studied sports nutrition and personal training assisting each of my clients to reach their athletic, and personal goals. I focus a lot on nutrition, as without proper nutrition, athletes won’t reach their full potential; this was clear to me then, as it is now.

For many years I’ve trained athletes with varied goals. I personally ran multiple marathons and races of different distances. After competing in my first sprint triathlon in 2012, I fell in love with the sport and subsequently competed in a variety of triathlon races. Ironman Texas takes place only two miles from my home and watching IMTX for the first time, I realized that this was a goal I wanted to set my sights on. In 2014, I raced, and completed, my first Ironman. Wow, what a feeling it was to hear “Kathy Hudson, you did it, you are an Ironman.”

After my first Ironman, I started training using the TriDot system. It didn’t take long to realize how different TriDot was from other training plans. I decided to become certified through Ironman University and become an Ironman Certified Coach. Once certified, I reached out to TriDot and was thrilled to be accepted as one of their coaches. What a privilege to be included in a group of such amazing people, athletes and coaches.

There is no better “job” and I’m honored to have the opportunity to coach athletes to their finish line, whatever distance that might be.