FastForward Coaches are a little different than your average running coach… by design. A high priority is placed each season on matching the right coach with the right group of runners. Often this is accomplished without much concern to a coaches’ PR over a given distance, but rather we look at a prospective coaches’ progression as an adult endurance athlete, his or her ability to skillfully communicate, safely and efficiently manage a group, and look for the fun in every workout. FastForward Coaches are professionally trained and provided the framework and details for their group’s training schedule, but are encouraged to add their own style and interpretation based on their unique experiences as athletes and teachers.

Check out our Coaching Staff here!

Scott Fliegelman - Executive Director/Head Coach, USA Triathlon Level 1 Coach, 2006 USA Triathlon All American
Scott founded FastForward Sports to provide an unparalleled experience for all who aspire to endurance sports training and racing. Scott hand selects and trains the Coaching Staff, and works closely with each and every runner throughout the season. He sets the vision for the Group Run Training model, and has established a professional and fun-filled community of runners and coaches working together to reach their goals. Together with Technical Director Bobby McGee, Scott crafts challenging training schedules with an understanding of how best to fit workouts into our regular lives.

Scott prepared for the rigors of competitive running and triathlon through a carefully blended combo of collegiate tennis and professional snowboard racing. After running in his first Bolder Boulder 10K, he began a shift away from “skill” sports, and started in earnest down the path of suffering known as endurance sports.

With his running improving quickly and a few years of mountain bike racing behind him, the jump to triathlon seemed a logical choice. Only 5 weeks from the Boulder Peak Triathlon, he swam his first length of a 25-yard pool, with the intention of getting to the other side “in a hurry”. After 22 yards of splashing about and holding his breath under water, he walked the final 3 yards in shallow water, and collapsed out of breath on the pool deck. Thanks to the help of a wetsuit, and some well-needed expert swim coaching, Scott completed his goal at Boulder Peak that year, and “came out of the water unassisted!” Only a month later, Scott entered his second tri, the Harvest Moon Half Ironman. “It seemed like a reasonable progression…” he said. Standing on the banks of the Aurora Reservoir at 6 a.m., 29 degrees, light snow, and a refreshing breeze, Scott somehow felt strangely at home… less than two years later he became an Ironman (and then again in 2005 at Ironman Florida in 10 hours, 29 minutes).

With real world, adult-learned experiences like these behind him (and ahead), and significant professional experience as Head Pro of the Sugarbush (VT) Tennis School, as a PSIA Certified Ski and Snowboard Clinician, retail shop owner, and years of marketing and program development in the Ski and Outdoor Business, Scott decided to share his newfound passions with others and develop a world-class Training Program for “aspiring and perspiring” athletes. Since 2002, Scott has hired, trained, and managed a staff of over 50 uniquely qualified Coaches, and worked closely with over 2,000 athletes in Boulder, Denver, and around the U.S. He and his staff have combined to help participants reach their goals from 5K to marathon, triathlon to pentathlon, and especially toward a life of better health, fitness, and self-image.

See Scott on The Weather Channel, October, '08

See Scott on CBS4 Denver, May 13th, '07.

See Scott on 9News with last minute tips for the Bolder Boulder '07 

Brian Klink- Head Coach/ Denver Programs

For 2007, Brian will manage all coaches and athletes in FastForward's Denver Programs, and will work closely with Scott to develop training schedules and workout locations that are challenging and fun.  This summer, Brian will also serve as Head Coach for the Denver Marathon Training Team- powered by FastForward. 

At age 8, Brian’s running career began with a newly-created grass “track” in his backyard. His dad challenged, “Run 13 times around, Brian, and you’ll get a special prize!” Totally unprepared for the rapid progression of Brian’s endurance sport career, his dad received a phone call from Brian’s mom that very same day: “Joel, you better get that prize ready. Brian’s already run his first mile!” A couple of days later, Brian received his first of many running awards, a small trophy with the inscription, “Brian – 1 Mile.”

Since that humble beginning in small-town Wisconsin, Brian has been running for over 30 years, over 20 of those years as a competitive runner, including high school cross-country and track and college cross-country. A pilot for a major airline, Brian understands the challenges of integrating a fulfilling fitness program into a full-time career and family life. With his very warm and friendly personality, Brian has a special ability to put the science and physiology of endurance sport into easily understandable language that can be applied to a busy, work-a-day lifestyle.

Intimately familiar with the many aches and pains of running, Brian moved into cross-training which inevitably led to triathlon, qualifying for the USAT National Age Group Championship in 2005. Brian is also an avid winter multi-sport enthusiast – a competitive snowshoer and Nordic skier, as well as a downhill ski nut.

Watch Brian kick off the Team Denver Marathon Training season on CBS 4.