I’m curious on what people expect from a coach? I’ve read some of the many articles out there but I didn’t see a whole lot with money in the equation. In this case it’s for triathlon (typically a mix of HIM & IM). I paid more thinking I would get more and gain some experience along the way. It seemed like a lot of $$ for me but I was eager to try something new and big hopes of increasing my knowledge along with the obvious, speed… so I threw it in the budget. If a person was to be paying $400/mo how much should I expect as the athlete? Is this reasonable? More/less? I’ve seen coaches from $100 to over a $1000(I live in the Midwest, USA)
· Training plan that they continue to modify as coach see’s it needed
· Weekly chats? Or more?
· Email access returned within 1 day or less
· Help with nutrition & fueling?
· Specific advice for areas like bonking if needed?
· Sodium, etc intake for different sweaters? I’ve seen issues randomly
· Determines/helps FTP and gives you numbers to work with so one has a clear expectation on what’s going down on race day? (I know every race day is diff with many elements to factor)
· Determines/helps running power/speed giving numbers again to shoot for and or test with?
I know it’s kind of a ‘thrown together’ list but is that reasonable? I don’t feel like I’m really getting all that and I hate to be a whiner. I work hard for my $$$ so I don’t want to be throwing it out the window.
Thanks much