BrianMac - Coach & Web Master
Profile
Brian Mackenzie (BrianMac) is a Level 4 Performance Coach (UKA 4) and Coach Tutor/Assessor with UK Athletics, the United Kingdom's National Governing body for
Track and Field Athletics. He has 40+ years experience as a competitive endurance athlete
and 25+ years experience as a track and field athletics coach working with male
and female athletes of all ages competing in sprints and
combined events.
Coaching Experience
2002 to date: Coaching sprint, middle distance and combined event
athletes at the Chelmsford Athletic Club (CAA). Coaching male and female
athletes aged from 11 to 30 years of age. Click here to
follow the progress of Brian's Athletes.
UK Athletics Coach Tutor
& Assessor delivering Level 1 and Level 2 courses and assessing Level 1, 2 and 3 coaches.
2000 to 2002: Coaching sprint, middle distance and combined event
athletes at Cambridge University. Coaching male and female athletes aged from
18 to 30 years of age.
1984 to 2002: Coaching sprint, middle distance and combined event
athletes at the Harlow Athletic Club. Coaching male and female athletes aged
from 11 to 25 years of age.
Sports Coach web site
1996 to date: Designed, developed and maintains the "Sports Coach"
web site that provides training and coaching advice world wide for athletes,
coaches and students studying sport related qualifications. "Sports Coach" is
recommended for GCSE and "A" level PE students by Edexcel and for PE Teachers
by the TeacherNet web site.
Journals and Books
In 2003 Brian joined forces with Electric Word plc, the publishers
of "Peak Performance", to launch "Brian Mackenzie's Successful Coaching" and in 2005 they
launched "Your Personal Trainer".
2003 - 2007: Editor of "Brian Mackenzie's Successful Coaching"
2005 - 2007: Editor of "Your Personal Trainer"
2003 - 2007: Edited and contributed
articles to the following books published by Electric Word Plc:
- "The World Sports Science Training Workbook" (ISBN
1-905096-03-8)
- "The World Sports Science Performance Workbook" (ISBN
1-905096-07-0)
- "The 9 Elements of Fitness" (ISBN 1-905096-18-6)
- "101 Performance Evaluation Tests" (ISBN 1-905096-TBD)
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Athletic Experience
In the past 40+ years Brian has competed in a variety of sports
including tennis (played at Wimbledon), squash, race walking, football, rugby, archery and running. His
preferred sport is running which he first became interested in when he was 15
years old. Over the years Brian has competed in track, road, cross country,
fell and mountain races (Ben Nevis, Ben Lomond, Snowdon) over distances ranging from 5km to 50km.
Educational Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - The Open University (Computing and
Mathematics)
Further and Adult Education Teaching Certificate (City &
Guilds 7307)
Membership
Brian is a member of:
Claim to Fame
Singapore AAA championships 1969 - Silver medals in the 20km &
50km walk.
Personal Best Times
The following are Brian's personal best times for various
distances and events.
| Event |
Personal Best Time |
Year |
Event |
Personal Best Time |
Year |
| Road Races |
| 5 miles |
27 min 12 sec |
1975 |
10 miles |
54 min 20 sec |
1974 |
| 15 miles |
1 hr 27 min |
1976 |
20 miles |
1 hr 56 min |
1976 |
| ½ Marathon |
1 hr 14 min |
1983 |
Marathon |
2 hr 30 min |
1976 |
| Race Walking |
| 3k (track) |
14 min 5 sec |
1969 |
6 miles |
48 min 19 sec |
1968 |
| 20k |
1 hr 59 min 45 sec |
1969 |
50k |
5 hrs 4 min |
1969 |
| Mountain and Fell Races |
| Ben Nevis |
1 hr 47 min |
1981 |
Ben Lomond |
1 hr 15 min |
1980 |
| Cairngorm |
1 hr 22 min |
1979 |
Snowdon |
1 hr 27 min |
1982 |
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