Our Coaches

Head Coach Richard Pady has been a pioneer in bringing Running and Triathlon to the forefront in Orangeville through his company Healthy Results, established in 1998. Rich trains athletes from all over Canada and the United States. He has been doing triathlons for almost 30 years and coached for 20 years.

As a professional triathlete, Richard Pady has represented Canada at 5 World Championships, 4 Ironman events and has 14 years of high performance training in the sport of triathlon His list of wins and accomplishments are endless as both a former Pro Triathlete and as a high ranking Elite Triathlete. He has raced with many of the top triathletes in the world including at the Ironman Championships in Kona.

Rich has retired from Elite Triathlon and is now venturing into Mountain Bike racing and Xterra (Off road triathlon) and Endurance Running. Rich is kept busy with his company Healthy Results training both Elite and age group athletes and is a coach for the Otters Swim Team in Orangeville. We were very fortunate to have Rich help us develop our Start to Tri Clinic.

Lisa Hogben is an NCCP certified Triathlon Trained Community Coach and a certified Canfitpro personal trainer.

Lisa started running in 2005, after enrolling in a Learn to Run clinic through Healthy Results and then did her first triathlon in 2007 after participating in Richard’s Learn to Tri program. Her focus then switched from running to triathlon. With general health and fitness in mind, and a love for the race community, Lisa has participated in more than a hundred events, including trail, road and charity runs, half marathons, cycling, triathlons, duathlons, and the Muskoka Half Ironman.

In 2013 & 2014, Lisa gathered a small team of women to race at the Women's only Iron Girl Canada Triathlon. In 2015, she teamed up with Jodi McNeill and Richard Pady to develop a women’s only Start to Tri clinic with the focus on supporting and empowering each other to fulfill individual goals.

In 2019, the Orangeville Women’s Triathlon Community was represented by over 50 women at the Iron Girl in Grimsby.

“My chiropractor (fellow athlete & friend) was my greatest influence to start running and do triathlons. She not only encouraged me, but she instilled a confidence in my ability to become a runner and triathlete. This is what I want to do for others"

Jodi McNeill was the previous manager/owner of Running Free Orangeville. Jodi and her husband Norm coached the annual running clinics at the store for the past 8 years, including a Start to Run, a 10k distance and a Half Marathon clinic as well as the Start to Tri annual clinic.

Jodi has been an avid runner since 2003 and has run a variety of distances and types, including road races, trail races, obstacle courses, half marathons and 50K + endurance races.

As Jodi has a passion for traveling, many of these races have been abroad in both the U.S and oversees. Jodi and Norm are the Race directors for the Chase the Coyote endurance trail race in Mono and the Island Lake Classic in Orangeville. Jodi and Norm have stepped back from Running Free and the OWTC Clinic and are concentrating on their Race travel blog "The Ultra Tourist" and their development as race directors.

Heather joined the OWTC in it's inaugural year as a participant and quickly went from a beginner triathlete to a Half Ironman in her second and third year of triathlon. Heather has been training diligently for her first full Ironman this fall.

Heather's strong background in swimming made her an ideal assistant swim coach to Richard Pady at the swim clinics in the following years. We are grateful for the swim program that she has created for our 2017/2018 ladies only winter lane swims.

Heather is in the process of acquiring her certification as a swim coach and will continue to coach as an assistant to Sue Casson this season.