Meet the AIMP Coaching Team

  • Chris Hauth

    ULTRA ENDURANCE COACH

    Ironman Age Group World Champion, 2x Olympian

  • David Hettena

    ULTRA ENDURANCE COACH

    US National Champion, Competitive Ultramarathoner

  • Emilee Wise

    NUTRITIONIST, WELLNESS COACH

    Accomplished Ultramarathoner

  • "Coaching is the space between the training plan and the finish line."

    -Chris Hauth

About Chris Hauth

Ironman Age Group World Champion,
2x Olympian, Ultra-Endurance Coach

Chris Hauth is a former Olympic swimmer that quickly joined the ranks of world-class triathletes. In 2006 Chris won the Ironman Coeur D’Alene and went on to be the first American amateur & 4th overall American at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. After 12 years in finance, Chris nowadays exclusively runs his coaching program ‘AIMP’ for athletes throughout the country and throughout the world. With AIMP he not only works with ultra swimmers, bikers or runners: his ultra endurance approach and mindset coaching is applied to athletes from solo-sailing to Nordic Olympic skiers, even military Special Forces and executives in the corporate world.

Besides age group winning triathletes, Chris has coached Western States top finishers, Ultraman winners and plenty of swimmers towards age group nationals and Olympic Trials. Chris is focused not only on the physical training for ultra-endurance sports, but heavily focuses on the mental side as well. Whether just starting out, or looking to reach the top levels in the ultra-endurance world, Chris has the proven results to work with any athlete. Many of Chris’s former athletes were beginners in the endurance world and have now moved on to athletic events and adventures they never thought possible.

AIMP is an advanced training program for the ultra endurance athlete. Going long is a serious endeavor and although there are plenty of athletes that just ‘give it a whirl’, the ultra distance contains risks with every mile you go past that start line. Whether you are looking to finish feeling strong & with a smile, or looking to race for a result, an ultra endurance event or endeavor contains too many variables that cannot be avoided. With outstanding preparation and knowledge going into your event or adventure, many of these variables can be controlled and even embraced. This is where effective coaching comes into play.

You may be the athlete that has successfully completed a training program and is looking to advance their training or you may be the athlete looking to qualify for the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. Many athletes join AIMP to finish their next endurance event feeling strong with the best possible result or for that last step needed overcoming the distance for any ultra endurance event. For either outcome, AIMP was designed to help you reach that next level.

The challenge in the ultra endurance world is not primarily the physical. While AIMP Coaching can help you get to the starting line of your endurance event prepared physically for most any distance or adventure, it is the mental game that will help you not only finish, but grow and embrace the challenge that lies ahead. AIMP focuses equally on the mindset needed for ultra endurance events and helps you grow as an athlete as well as a person to apply the lessons of the ultra endurance training & racing to any aspect of our lives: career, family or any challenge you can imagine.

“The way you approach hardship defines you.”

— CHRIS HAUTH

About David Hettena

US National Champion, Ultramarathoner,
Ultra Endurance Coach

David Hettena is a retired USA National Champion adaptive downhill ski racer (2005 Park City, UT) and USA Rugby Men’s Club flanker, now fully immersed in the endurance lifestyle.  You can find David running or riding on the trails, roads, and tracks of the Bay Area as he prepares for his own ultra-endurance adventures, crewing and pacing friends at 100-mile and 100K trail races across the country, or bikepacking in the middle of nowhere.

As Chris Hauth’s right-hand man, David co-coaches toward athletes’ endurance adventures of choice, providing detailed endurance training, strength, and mindset insights necessary to reach and enjoy their endurance potential.

Prior to joining AIMP Coaching, David served as Vice President of the #4 nationally-ranked Dallas Rugby Football Club, founding and directing the organization’s Strength & Conditioning Team.  He then joined a San Francisco innovation management consultancy and tech startup before returning to his love for guiding passionate athletes along their journey to greater athletic performance and longevity.

Recent Accomplishments

  • Born to Run 30 Miler - 4th Overall - Apr 2023

  • Mount Tam Trail 30K - 3rd Overall - Nov 2022

  • San Bruno Mountain Half Marathon - 7th Overall - Oct 2022

  • Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile Tortoises - 19th Overall - Sep 2022

  • Never Summer 100K - 34th Overall - Jul 2022

  • Lake Sonoma 100K - 14th Overall - May 2022

  • Marin Ultra Challenge 50 Miler - 8th Overall - Mar 12, 2022

  • FOURmidable 50K - 8th Overall - Feb 2022

  • Golden Gate Trail Classic 100K - 10th Overall, 1st Age Group - Nov 2021

  • Golden Gate Headlands Trail Half Marathon - 1st Overall - Nov 2021

About Emilee Wise

Nutritionist, Ultra Endurance Athlete