Graham Perks and Sam Warriner after winning the Raratonga Triathlon.
Sweat7, co-owned by Commonwealth Games triathlon silver medalist Sam Warriner and her husband Stephen Bradley, has built up a niche Bay of Plenty business training triathletes from across New Zealand.
The couple relocated from Whangarei to Taupo last year. They found themselves spending more time each year running training camps
in the long-term home of Ironman New Zealand and decided they didn't want to spend so much time travelling, especially with a young daughter.
"When the opportunity came to move here, we took it," said Ms Warriner. "I love the one-to-one coaching and hands-on experience. It's just so good that the athletes come to us."
Sweat7 now coaches about 30 to 40 triathletes , of whom six-to-eight are youngsters, with predominantly age group (weekend warrior) athletes.
Mr Bradley said athletes came from as far afield as Dunedin and Whangarei, with a strong and loyal group of six-to-eight regulars from Rotorua - including Rotorua Association of Triathletes president Graham Perks - as well as a couple of Tauranga athletes. Ms Warriner, who is on the High Performance Advisory Group for Triathlon NZ, also trains Mr Perks' niece Lauren Steadman, a paratriathlete who is a favourite for gold at Rio.
