Great post. I think this convinced me that I need to get a coach, since I suffered a bad hip stress fracture injury by stupidly overtraining during my base buildup for the 2006 Chicago Marathon. This was back in May - and I'm still recovering from my injury because I kept reaggravating it. Knowing how to recover from injury is important too, and I obviously don't. My running season (including the marathon) went down the tubes. :( Anyway, you gave some good food for thought. I need a coach to take me to the next level, and more importantly to train smarter and hopefully stay uninjured.
Al- great post and a great read for anyone thinking about getting a coach..you bring up some excellent points there. Your coach definitely has a very solid resume! Sorry to hear you are sick...I've finally gotten over the post-IM blahs myself and sputtering back to regular workouts...
Great post. I hired Angela for the same reason. I train too much and too hard if I don't have someone telling me how to do it right. Ended this season with knee pain. I have confidence she'll keep me healthy for the next one!Jodi
Your cocah has an impressive bio, I wish he lived closer to me, I would hire him as my coach. But I think getting to know the coach before you hire him is a great thought. Thanks for your insight.
I am too stubborn and hard-headed for a coach. I could follow a coaching PLAN but don't want to actually have to check in with a coach. I am my own worst enemy when it comes to workouts, and tend to do too much, too hard also. Glad he "worked" for you- maybe will consider if I ever get back into this seriously!
Al,U done no brick workouts?Interesting. For me, right now after numerous brick workout plus races, i am very confident of running off the bike. So perhaps this is more mental than physical??Thanks for your coach experience. My partial worry of a coach is that i am restricted by his training schedule. I do however do want to know my zones and know when to dial back and when to push. Usually the former than latter.
Great post on what good coaching can do!0 bricks, huh? Man, those are my favorite, actually! :) I think you and I both share some hard-headed-ness (nice made up word there) on the same things! ha ha
The blue moon pumpkin ale is good stuff!
just had to stop by and say Go Tigers! (ducking)
Wow. You've done a lot of races. Anyway, I would have a hard time with a coach telling me what to do like that, primarily b/c I know my body and myself better than anyone. I had some advice on when to do an IM. Basically, he told me not to wait too long. I felt like this advice would have been better directed at someone else. Because I tend to overdo it anyway. It's like telling an alcoholic to drink. Anyway, I would feel really strongly about a coach insisting on doing certain races. But that's my personality, not yours.
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Great post. I think this convinced me that I need to get a coach, since I suffered a bad hip stress fracture injury by stupidly overtraining during my base buildup for the 2006 Chicago Marathon. This was back in May - and I'm still recovering from my injury because I kept reaggravating it. Knowing how to recover from injury is important too, and I obviously don't. My running season (including the marathon) went down the tubes. :(
Anyway, you gave some good food for thought. I need a coach to take me to the next level, and more importantly to train smarter and hopefully stay uninjured.
Al- great post and a great read for anyone thinking about getting a coach..you bring up some excellent points there. Your coach definitely has a very solid resume!
Sorry to hear you are sick...I've finally gotten over the post-IM blahs myself and sputtering back to regular workouts...
Great post. I hired Angela for the same reason. I train too much and too hard if I don't have someone telling me how to do it right. Ended this season with knee pain. I have confidence she'll keep me healthy for the next one!
Jodi
Your cocah has an impressive bio, I wish he lived closer to me, I would hire him as my coach. But I think getting to know the coach before you hire him is a great thought. Thanks for your insight.
I am too stubborn and hard-headed for a coach. I could follow a coaching PLAN but don't want to actually have to check in with a coach. I am my own worst enemy when it comes to workouts, and tend to do too much, too hard also. Glad he "worked" for you- maybe will consider if I ever get back into this seriously!
I am too stubborn and hard-headed for a coach. I could follow a coaching PLAN but don't want to actually have to check in with a coach. I am my own worst enemy when it comes to workouts, and tend to do too much, too hard also. Glad he "worked" for you- maybe will consider if I ever get back into this seriously!
Al,
U done no brick workouts?
Interesting. For me, right now after numerous brick workout plus races, i am very confident of running off the bike. So perhaps this is more mental than physical??
Thanks for your coach experience. My partial worry of a coach is that i am restricted by his training schedule. I do however do want to know my zones and know when to dial back and when to push. Usually the former than latter.
Great post on what good coaching can do!
0 bricks, huh? Man, those are my favorite, actually! :)
I think you and I both share some hard-headed-ness (nice made up word there) on the same things! ha ha
The blue moon pumpkin ale is good stuff!
just had to stop by and say Go Tigers! (ducking)
Wow. You've done a lot of races. Anyway, I would have a hard time with a coach telling me what to do like that, primarily b/c I know my body and myself better than anyone. I had some advice on when to do an IM. Basically, he told me not to wait too long. I felt like this advice would have been better directed at someone else. Because I tend to overdo it anyway. It's like telling an alcoholic to drink. Anyway, I would feel really strongly about a coach insisting on doing certain races. But that's my personality, not yours.
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