I vote self coach for you. We are close in age. I've never had a coach, and I don't get nearly as regimented as you do in your first post. I've never even written out a plan. I just use up all my available work out time, by doing stuff, completely by muscle feel. Like you, I have no motivational issues. Just reading your "needs" tells me you know plenty to self coach. Heck, you're way ahead of me in spelling out how you want to work out. Also consider your goals... do you want someone to help to train to the edge of your ability, flirt with injury, and dominate your age group in all your races? Or just be healthy and finish respectably and injury free. I'm the latter, but still take home plenty of age group hardware.

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