I spoke to Mark and Lara Masters about pentathlon over the weekend. The two of them have been training Olympic and World team pentathletes since before the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Mark is my mentor in becoming a three-weapon coach and also teaches my daughters foil and epee. I am training my thirteen year old in pentathlon since I was a world cup level epee fencer. There have been past attempts to create pentathlon training programs. The US Army used to sponsor a program in San Antonio, Texas. That is actually where my husband learned how to fence. Pentathlon is extremely complicated, so in all likelihood most athletes are going to be training alone or in small groups using local resources. If anyone is interested in a subscription model to support your pentathlon journey, Mark, Lara, and I can get training advice from experts and also provide support at competitions. Mark has coached at junior world championships for pentathlon. Mark's bio is at https://fencefap.com/coaches/mark-masters/

This is what I had in mind for a subscription coaching model: The biggest time commitment for pentathlon is swimming. I have been working with Olympic coaches to determine distance drills that can help with cross training. There is also a cycle to peak for competitions that starts with endurance and ends with speed. Basically, you would get a monthly set of suggested drills along with Q & A. We can modify the offerings as I acquire more data from competitions. I was also thinking about organizing training camps in Pennsylvania to analyze and improve athlete performance. That is a lot of what I am doing with my thirteen year old.