Two coaches. One method. A road called Kona.
Our team was born in 2019 in Moscow. In Russian we are «Кони на Коне» — a wordplay on “horses on Kona” — and in English we are what the name has always meant: Gunning for Kona. Not because Kona is the only dream worth having, but because it stands for every dream that takes years of quiet work. Our athletes podium at Russian races and hold their own in IRONMAN age-group fields.
Natalia Grigoreva
I came to triathlon from the mountains — a background in mountaineering and rock climbing — and learned to swim and ride a bike as an adult, from scratch. In 2015 I did my first triathlon. In 2019 I had a stroke. I couldn't walk, my left arm wouldn't obey me, and my vision was gone in parts. I documented my way back publicly, step by step.
Since then: nine full-distance IRONMAN finishes, all under the national master standard, with a personal best of 9:40. I won my age group — twice, in F40–44 and F45–49 — to qualify for the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, and finished it in 10:50. Over twenty half-distance races. Every finish line after 2019 is a sentence in that same story.
I coach because I know both sides of this sport: the start line, and the long way back to it.
- Trisutto Certified Coach (2021) — the school of Brett Sutton
- Personal trainer, Fitness Professionals Association (FPA)
- Run coach, Rocket Science Sports Academy
- Sports psychologist
- Massage therapist; Mulligan manual therapy (Danish International Academy of Manual Therapy and Sports Medicine)
Aleksandr Mitrokhin
I found this sport the long way round. In 2013 I weighed 103 kg; running came first, triathlon followed in 2015 — the same year Natalia and I started training together. My first IRONMAN took 11:37. Seven finishes later my best is 10:17, with 25+ half-distance races and, so far, zero serious injuries: physics and common sense tend to agree.
I founded this team in 2019. I coach mostly online, which means I know exactly how training fits into a life of work and family — because mine has to.
“Consistency is a key.” And if you can't smile during the race, you're going too hard.
The road so far
- 2015First triathlon; swimming and cycling learned from scratch
- 2019A stroke; the way back begins. The team is founded
- 2021Trisutto Certified Coach
- 20231st, Big Moscow Triathlon 113 · podium, Bronze Horseman 226 · 2nd overall, Ironstar Sochi 226 · 2nd, Timerman Kazan 113
- 20241st, Bronze Horseman 226
- 20252nd, Minsk Triathlon 113 · 3rd overall, Sochi duathlon
- 20261st, Minsk Triathlon 113 · 1st, Ironstar Moscow 226 · IRONMAN World Championship, Kona — finished in 10:50 · personal best 9:40
Our athletes' stories are next — this page will grow with them.