Marty Munson
Ambassador
Started Empire Tri in 2022
Years Competing
5
Speciality
Triathlon, Ultra Marathons
MARTY MUNSON is a USAT Level 1 coach and a US Master’s Swimming-certified coach. Marty is a lifelong learner who has developed her coaching style from numerous methods including Swim Smooth and Total Immersion. She has worked with hundreds of athletes from phoebic swimmers & total beginners to elite athletes, to improve their technique, confidence and skills. She coaches Empire Tri Club's instructional beginner swim classes, open water swim clinics and Red Tide Master's Team Workouts. As an athlete, Marty has competed in countless triathlons ranging from sprints to 70.3s, as well as Swim Run stage races. Marty is also an accomplished marathon swimmer. Since 2013, she has swum around Manhattan solo (28.5 miles), and has completed the Swim Around Charleston, Swim Around Key West, and the 17-mile Rose Pitonof Swim from Manhattan to Coney Island, and many more. She has also done incredible cold water swimming events such as the Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival where a swim lane is cut out of a frozen lake and the average water temperature is just above 30 degrees. She’s a wellness and communications expert who’s written about health, fitness, and triathlon for outlets including Men's Health, Triathlete, Competitor, Marie Claire, Dr. Oz The Good Life, Prevention, Shape, and O, the Oprah Magazine.
Certifications: n/a
Career Highlights:
• 2025 Member of Team USA
• Olympic Distance Triathlon World Championships, Wollongong, Australia
• 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan (28.5 mile open water swim)
Specialties: long distance open water swimming and coaching
Locations you coach: Manhattan, Coney Island
Coaching Availability: Email to inquire
MARTY MUNSON is a USAT Level 1 coach and a US Master’s Swimming-certified coach. Marty is a lifelong learner who has developed her coaching style from numerous methods including Swim Smooth and Total Immersion. She has worked with hundreds of athletes from phoebic swimmers & total beginners to elite athletes, to improve their technique, confidence and skills. She coaches Empire Tri Club's instructional beginner swim classes, open water swim clinics and Red Tide Master's Team Workouts. As an athlete, Marty has competed in countless triathlons ranging from sprints to 70.3s, as well as Swim Run stage races. Marty is also an accomplished marathon swimmer. Since 2013, she has swum around Manhattan solo (28.5 miles), and has completed the Swim Around Charleston, Swim Around Key West, and the 17-mile Rose Pitonof Swim from Manhattan to Coney Island, and many more. She has also done incredible cold water swimming events such as the Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival where a swim lane is cut out of a frozen lake and the average water temperature is just above 30 degrees. She’s a wellness and communications expert who’s written about health, fitness, and triathlon for outlets including Men's Health, Triathlete, Competitor, Marie Claire, Dr. Oz The Good Life, Prevention, Shape, and O, the Oprah Magazine.
Certifications: n/a
Career Highlights:
• 2025 Member of Team USA
• Olympic Distance Triathlon World Championships, Wollongong, Australia
• 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan (28.5 mile open water swim)
Specialties: long distance open water swimming and coaching
Locations you coach: Manhattan, Coney Island
Coaching Availability: Email to inquire
MARTY MUNSON is a USAT Level 1 coach and a US Master’s Swimming-certified coach. Marty is a lifelong learner who has developed her coaching style from numerous methods including Swim Smooth and Total Immersion. She has worked with hundreds of athletes from phoebic swimmers & total beginners to elite athletes, to improve their technique, confidence and skills. She coaches Empire Tri Club's instructional beginner swim classes, open water swim clinics and Red Tide Master's Team Workouts. As an athlete, Marty has competed in countless triathlons ranging from sprints to 70.3s, as well as Swim Run stage races. Marty is also an accomplished marathon swimmer. Since 2013, she has swum around Manhattan solo (28.5 miles), and has completed the Swim Around Charleston, Swim Around Key West, and the 17-mile Rose Pitonof Swim from Manhattan to Coney Island, and many more. She has also done incredible cold water swimming events such as the Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival where a swim lane is cut out of a frozen lake and the average water temperature is just above 30 degrees. She’s a wellness and communications expert who’s written about health, fitness, and triathlon for outlets including Men's Health, Triathlete, Competitor, Marie Claire, Dr. Oz The Good Life, Prevention, Shape, and O, the Oprah Magazine.
Certifications: n/a
Career Highlights:
• 2025 Member of Team USA
• Olympic Distance Triathlon World Championships, Wollongong, Australia
• 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan (28.5 mile open water swim)
Specialties: long distance open water swimming and coaching
Locations you coach: Manhattan, Coney Island
Coaching Availability: Email to inquire
Mightyman Montauk Triathlon was by far the hardest and most rewarding thing I’ve ever done and I couldn’t be happier to have done it! The Empire Beginner Program comes with a group of incredible coaches to help guide and push you as well as a group of people who are in the same boat you are."
Rachel F.
3 year Tri Club Member
Mightyman Montauk Triathlon was by far the hardest and most rewarding thing I’ve ever done and I couldn’t be happier to have done it! The Empire Beginner Program comes with a group of incredible coaches to help guide and push you as well as a group of people who are in the same boat you are."
Rachel F.
3 year Tri Club Member
Mightyman Montauk Triathlon was by far the hardest and most rewarding thing I’ve ever done and I couldn’t be happier to have done it! The Empire Beginner Program comes with a group of incredible coaches to help guide and push you as well as a group of people who are in the same boat you are."
Rachel F.
3 year Tri Club Member
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