Kainoa Pauole-Roth

Kainoa, Founder and Head Coach of Pauole Sport, has been coaching athletes for over 20 years. She coaches all levels of athletes from the beginner/novice to the elite/professional, helping them achieve their athletic goals.

Kainoa has worked successfully with hundreds of athletes and has a track record of success that includes coaching many athletes across the finish line of their first Iron Distance Triathlon and having more than 35 coached athletes qualify for the Ironman World Championships. She has coached many athletes to compete in some of the most prestigious and challenging races around the world, including: Ironman 70.3 World Championships, Boston Marathon, Ultraman Hawaii and Ultraman Canada, Norseman Xtreme Triathlon, Race Across America, and USAT Nationals and USAT Worlds.

Kainoa is the Head Coach for the University of Washington Huskies Triathlon Team and a swim coach for the Sammamish Y Masters Swim Team. She also works at Seattle Performance Medicine Clinic as the Exercise Physiologist where she conducts performance and fitness testing on athletes. She has personal experience as a successful competitive triathlete and swimmer and a wealth of knowledge in Sports Performance and Sports Nutrition as an Exercise Physiologist. Kainoa combines Sport + Science to deliver her athletes focused and purposeful training cycles that get results. Kainoa has a coaching style which is encouraging and positive and believes that finding the perfect balance of focused training and recovery is key to an athlete’s success.

Kainoa’s extensive training and knowledge ensures that every client receives the most current research-based training programs.

• Master of Science Degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from California State University, Long Beach.
• USAT Level 1 certification
• Slowtwitch Power Cycling Coach
• Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach
• Certified Personal Trainer from the National Strength Conditioning Association (NSCA)
• Former full-time faculty member at the University of Hawaii in the Health and Physical Education Department where she taught Exercise Physiology, Sports Nutrition, Prevention and Treatment of Athletic Injuries, and Principles of Coaching

Kainoa is a lifelong competitive swimmer competing through the collegiate level. She has coached all levels and abilities of swimmers from the age-group to the master’s level, is on the deck as the coach of Pauole Sport’s masters swimming and in the water leading Pauole Sport’s open water swims. Kainoa uses her years of personal experience as an athlete and coach to understand each client and help maximize their athletic potential.

Kainoa is an accomplished age-group triathlete versed in all triathlon distances.

• Competed in eight 70.3 distance races and numerous Olympic and Sprint distance triathlons.
• Two-time finisher of the Ironman World Championship with a personal best of 11:40:07.
• Completed ten marathons with a personal best of 3:33:05 at the Seattle Marathon.
• Most recent triathlon accomplishments include:
  • 1st place at the SwimRun Short Course Solo Division, and
  • 1st place in her age group at the 2018 Seattle Half Marathon, and
  • 1st place in her age group at the 2016 San Francisco Triathlon at Alcatraz.