All the Coaches at FasCat have been hand selected by Frank Overton and are part of a collaborative coaching environment at the FasCat Performance Center.  In other words, we work as a team & draw on each other's experience.  Additionally, FasCat Coaches stand apart from the rest based on four criteria:

1. Level 2 USA Cycling Certified Coaches or higher

2. Category 2/Semi-Pro Racer or higher

3. Professional career coaches where coaching is our # 1 focus.  

4. Extensive experience training & racing and coaching athletes with powermeters

Frank Overton, Head Coach

Frank founded FasCat Coaching in 2002, has been a full time coach since 2004 and a USA Cycling Level 1 coach since 2006.  His educational background includes a degree in Physiology from North Carolina State University.  To this day it is a dream come true for Frank to be able to help cyclists as a coach.

Frank raced competitively first as a mountain biker and then as a category 1 roadie for 10 years.  Drawing on his mountain bike strengths, he was a good a road cyclist but excelled in time trials.  After the 2005 season, he "retired" to dedicate more energy to being a coachand a family man.  This allowed Frank to take on projects like working for the Priority Health Professional Cycling Team in 2006 as well as the US National Team in Europe for 2007.

Frank started training with power in 2001 and couldn't have become the athlete or the coach, he is today without such a training tool.  Power Based Training allows him to utilize my sport science background to maximize athletic performance in ways that just not possible without it.  

Training with power is a large part of FasCat's Coaching philosophy but not the end all.   FasCat teaches athlete's how to race and perform, yet still relies heavily on getting to know the athlete.  Frank draws from his own experiences as a racer & a coach to help his athletes and all FasCat athletes.  Frank uses a hands on approach to motivate athletes by showing them what they are capable of.  See more of Frank's qualifications here.

Carson Christen, Exercise Physiologist & Associate Coach

Carson grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with a background in swimming and cycling. 12 years of competitive swimming ended as a member of the Luther College Men’s Swimming Team. After swimming, Carson’s focus switched to competitive cycling and progressed through the ranks to his current category 2 status. Carson finished his undergraduate degree at Luther College with majors in Biology and Exercise Science. To further his education, Carson moved down the road to the University of Northern Iowa where he recently received his Master of Exercise Physiology. As a new Boulder resident, will compete in triathlons as well as continuing to race road and Cyclocross.

Carson is a current USA Cycling Level 3 and USA Swimming Level 1 certified coach. He has a big interest in exercise physiology and enjoys researching different methods of increasing sport performance as an athlete. As anexercise physiologist, Carson will be in charge of metabolic testing in the FasCat Exercise Physiology Lab. He specializes in coaching road/cyclocross and triathletes.

To get in touch with Carson please email him at carson@fascatcoaching.com 

Jon Tarkington, Senior Associate Coach

To get in touch with Jon please email him at jon@fascatcoaching.com 

Matt Rossman, Associate Coach

Matt grew up cross-country ski racing in Vermont. In college, an injury prevented him from joining the Dartmouth College Ski Team and Matt found bike racing. After getting his start in collegiate racing, Matt pursued his newfound passion by traveling and racing all over the World. He currently focuses on road racing and is a Category 2 cyclist based out of Boulder, CO. In the winter, he also competes in cross country ski races.

Matt studied Biology in college and after graduating, helped develop the Johnson State College Exercise Physiology Laboratory and conducted exercise-induced asthma research. He is a USA Cycling certified coach and uses his knowledge of exercise physiology, personal experience balancing training with life's other commitments, and his insight gained from helping his long-time girlfriend grow from a beginner cyclist to a top sprinter competing at the NRC level, to shape his coaching. Matt loves cycling and wants to help athletes accomplish their goals.

To learn more about Matt's coaching please email him at mattr@fascatcoaching.com

Alison Powers, Associate Coach

Alison grew up in Fraser Colorado with mountain bikes and skis.  After a brief stint as a mountain bike racer, all attention turned to ski racing. In 1997, she was named to the US Ski Team and for the next 7 years she traveled the world skiing, racing and training.  After retiring from ski racing in 2004, she turned her sights on to bike racing, this time on the road. Six years later she’s got two National Championships, 1 NRC title and is a member of the 2011 Team TIBCO to the Top professional women’s cycling team.  She also races cyclocross and mountain bikes at the professional level.

As a former FasCat athlete, Alison knows and understands the inner workings of FasCat’s coaching style and attention to detail.   She is a USAC Level 3 coach and has more than 6 years of cycling and ski racing coaching experience.

Alison understands the need for balance in life and tries to include that in her coaching and training.  She specializes in coaching women, but will take on the men too.

Peter Marshall, Associate Coach

Peter has been living and racing his bike(s) in Colorado since 1985, and currently lives at 8,300ft., outside Nederland, west of Boulder. He received his Masters degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Colorado in 1990 and his published thesis addressed lactate threshold issues.

Peter grew up playing numerous sports in his native England, gravitating toward the endurance end of the spectrum. He has run marathons, competed in triathlon, but became a one-sport man upon arriving in Colorado. He has raced as a Cat. 2 on the road, as an Expert on the Mountain Bike as well as enjoying the heck out of Cyclocross racing in the last couple of years.

Well, one-sport except for Nordic skiing in the winter months! Peter has worked at the Eldora Nordic Center as a certified instructor for over 10 years, and has been the Nordic Ski School Supervisor for the past three years.

With two (almost) grown children,  Peter is familiar with the competing demands of family, work and recreation, and is ready to help you navigate those tricky waters as it relates to achieving a good balance between your life & cycling performance.