Endurance Coach • Personal Trainer • Athlete • Team USA Competitor • Ironman World Championship Finisher

Coach Emily Torluemke is an endurance coach, personal trainer, and accomplished multisport athlete with more than 15 years of experience working with thousands of athletes and clients across endurance sport, strength, fitness, and performance.

Her coaching philosophy is simple: great training should challenge you, build confidence, and fit into your life.

Emily specializes in helping beginner and intermediate endurance athletes build the fitness, skills, and confidence to pursue meaningful goals — whether that means completing a first triathlon, becoming a stronger swimmer, cyclist, or runner, stepping up to a new distance, or chasing a personal best.

Her approach combines evidence-based endurance training, strength and movement, athlete education, and performance mindset with individualized coaching. Rather than simply prescribing workouts, Emily wants her athletes to understand their training, become more confident in their abilities, and develop sustainable habits that support both performance and a lifelong relationship with movement.

Athlete. Coach. Student of Performance.

Emily grew up immersed in endurance sports alongside her father, PacWest CEO & Head Coach Jay Ridgeway, developing an early appreciation for the discipline, community, and personal growth that come through sport.

She began competing in triathlon while attending the University of Missouri (Mizzou), joining the Mizzou Triathlon Team as a freshman and later serving as team president. Those collegiate years helped transform endurance sport from an interest into a defining part of her education, career, and life.

Emily earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences with a minor in Psychology and later a Master of Education in Positive Coaching from the University of Missouri. Her academic background helped shape an approach to coaching that considers not only physiology and training, but also motivation, confidence, mindset, athlete development, and the individual behind the performance.

Over the course of her own athletic career, Emily has competed across the endurance spectrum — from short-course racing through Ironman and long-distance triathlon — earning opportunities to compete at the collegiate, national, and world championship levels.

She has represented Team USA, earned overall and age-group podium finishes, won national and Ironman 70.3 age-group titles, and qualified for multiple Ironman, Ironman 70.3, and ITU World Championships. Her racing career includes finishing the 2017 Ironman World Championship in Kona and the 2022 Ironman 70.3 World Championship in St. George.

Emily also represented Mizzou at the 2014 and 2015 USA Triathlon Women’s Collegiate National Championship invitational events, held during the formative years of women’s triathlon becoming an NCAA Emerging Sport for Women.

Coaching Philosophy

Emily believes successful coaching goes beyond numbers, workouts, and finish times.

Every athlete brings a different background, schedule, experience level, motivation, and definition of success. Her role as a coach is to meet athletes where they are, provide structure and accountability, and help them progress toward where they want to go.

Her coaching emphasizes:

• Individualized training built around the athlete rather than a one-size-fits-all plan

• Sustainable progression that balances training with work, family, recovery, and life

• Strength and quality movement to support resilient endurance athletes

• Education and communication so athletes understand the purpose behind their training

• Confidence and performance mindset alongside physical development

• Long-term health and enjoyment of sport, not simply the next finish line

Whether an athlete is preparing for a first race or pursuing the next level of performance, Emily strives to create an environment that is supportive, challenging, educational, and fun.

Education

• Master of Education (M.Ed.), Positive Coaching — University of Missouri-Columbia, May 2018

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Health Sciences — University of Missouri-Columbia, December 2015

• Minor in Psychology — University of Missouri-Columbia

Certifications

• USA Triathlon (USAT) Level I Certified Coach

• USA Track & Field (USATF) Level I Certified Coach

• NCEP-Fitness Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)

• Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Certified

Coaching & Training Services

• Endurance Coaching — Triathlon, Swimming, Cycling & Running

• Personal Training & Strength Training — Private & Semi-Private

• Group Fitness — Bootcamp, Indoor Cycling & More

• Natural Running Form Analysis

• Swim Analysis

• Training Camps & Clinics

Selected Athletic Achievements

World Championships & International Competition

• 2022 Ironman 70.3 World Championship — St. George — Qualifier & Finisher

• 2021 Ironman 70.3 World Championship — St. George — Qualifier & Participant

• 2017 Ironman World Championship — Kona — Qualifier & Finisher

• 2016 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships — 4th Place, Female 20–24 Age Group; Representing Team USA

Ironman & Ironman 70.3

• 2022 Ironman 70.3 Hawaii — 4th Place, Female 25–29 Age Group; Ironman 70.3 World Championship Qualifier

• 2021 Ironman 70.3 Hawaii — 8th Place, Female 25–29 Age Group; Ironman 70.3 World Championship Qualifier

• 2017 Ironman Santa Rosa — 2nd Place, Female 20–24 Age Group; Ironman World Championship Qualifier

• 2015 Ironman 70.3 Hawaii — 1st Place, Female 20–24 Age Group; Ironman 70.3 World Championship Qualifier

National & Collegiate Competition

• 2014 Life Time Tri: TransAmerica Chicago Triathlon — Toyota Triple Crown Series — 2nd Place Overall Female

  • Super Sprint — 2nd Place Overall Female

  • Sprint — 1st Place, Female 20–24 Age Group

  • Olympic — 1st Place, Female 20–24 Age Group

• USA Triathlon Women’s Collegiate National Championship Invitational — Selected Athlete, Participant & Finisher (2014 & 2015); Representing Mizzou during the development of triathlon as an NCAA Emerging Sport for Women

• USA Triathlon Age Group & Long Course National Championships — Qualifier & Finisher; Team USA World Championship Qualifier

  • Sprint — 2014, 2015

  • Olympic — 2014, 2015

  • Long Course — 2012, 2014, 2015

• USA Triathlon Club National Championships — Finisher (2012, 2013 & 2014)

• USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships — Qualifier & Finisher (2012, 2014 & 2015)

• 2012 USA Triathlon Long Course National Championship — Female 19 & Under Age Group NATIONAL CHAMPION

Beyond the Finish Line

While Emily’s competitive accomplishments have shaped her as an athlete and coach, she believes endurance sport is about much more than podiums and finish times.

Today, she remains passionate about health, strength, fitness, outdoor recreation, and lifelong movement. She brings the lessons learned through years of training, racing, education, and coaching into every athlete relationship — helping people pursue ambitious goals without losing sight of the life surrounding them.

For Emily, successful coaching isn’t simply about creating faster athletes. It’s about helping people become stronger, more confident, knowledgeable, and resilient versions of themselves — in sport and beyond.