The quick question: how many folks here have a coach vs. just sorta coach themselves?
The longer question/explanation: many years ago (like, a decade+) when I first got into triathlon I was on a team. We had a coach, set workout times/locations, and gave each other tons of support. It was great being part of a team, but I feel like I also got a good education in fundamentals--enough that at certain points I kind of drifted off and did my own thing, like a couple 70.3s, without my coach's help or input. He was there if I had any questions, but I came up with my own training plans and did fine. Well, I finished...but I always wonder if I could've done better if I'd truly been coached.
Several years ago I moved across the country for work, and career stuff has kept me away from triathlon for awhile now. I really want to start training again for if/when there are any races--I'd like to work back up to at least an Oly, maybe even a 70.3 in 2021.
Over the last month I've reached out to a bunch of local coaches/teams. I went for locals because I'd love to be part of a team again, but I also I feel like I need professional help getting the ball rolling. So far I've gotten nothing but static, despite multiple emails/calls, and am starting to think that maybe I should just figure it out solo. I know that these are extraordinary times, but I can see on social media that all these coaches/teams are still out there training (some of them even follow me on Insta, which is weird), so now I'm especially annoyed that no one will respond.
So, the longer question and follow-up: if you have a coach, how important is your coach to your training? In other words, should I keep trying to find a coach? If so, how important do you think it is to have an in-person experience? If you have a coach you work with remotely, is that a set-up you'd recommend? If you are self-coached, anybody have any good resources you could share on where to start in terms of stuff like biometrics and setting goals?
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Sorry for the long post, and thanks if you even made it this far! Any help is much appreciated.
TL;DR - Wondering how important a coach is to restarting training, and if I should a) commit to finding a local, in-person coach, b) find someone online to work with remotely, or c) just figure it out on my own.
[what Yoda said about trying]
The longer question/explanation: many years ago (like, a decade+) when I first got into triathlon I was on a team. We had a coach, set workout times/locations, and gave each other tons of support. It was great being part of a team, but I feel like I also got a good education in fundamentals--enough that at certain points I kind of drifted off and did my own thing, like a couple 70.3s, without my coach's help or input. He was there if I had any questions, but I came up with my own training plans and did fine. Well, I finished...but I always wonder if I could've done better if I'd truly been coached.
Several years ago I moved across the country for work, and career stuff has kept me away from triathlon for awhile now. I really want to start training again for if/when there are any races--I'd like to work back up to at least an Oly, maybe even a 70.3 in 2021.
Over the last month I've reached out to a bunch of local coaches/teams. I went for locals because I'd love to be part of a team again, but I also I feel like I need professional help getting the ball rolling. So far I've gotten nothing but static, despite multiple emails/calls, and am starting to think that maybe I should just figure it out solo. I know that these are extraordinary times, but I can see on social media that all these coaches/teams are still out there training (some of them even follow me on Insta, which is weird), so now I'm especially annoyed that no one will respond.
So, the longer question and follow-up: if you have a coach, how important is your coach to your training? In other words, should I keep trying to find a coach? If so, how important do you think it is to have an in-person experience? If you have a coach you work with remotely, is that a set-up you'd recommend? If you are self-coached, anybody have any good resources you could share on where to start in terms of stuff like biometrics and setting goals?
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Sorry for the long post, and thanks if you even made it this far! Any help is much appreciated.
TL;DR - Wondering how important a coach is to restarting training, and if I should a) commit to finding a local, in-person coach, b) find someone online to work with remotely, or c) just figure it out on my own.
[what Yoda said about trying]