Coming back to the being coached topic, one of the reasons I haven't gotten a coach is that I've developed a decent system for selecting which workouts to do based how much free time I have (I have young kids) and how I'm feeling (HRV and subjective scores). I don't train with a set plan with rest days, but have a few key workouts planned over the week and then mold the week based on how the body responds. Any coach that I bring on is going to have to add value and be involved enough to override either how I'm feeling or HRV scores that come up - and usually within a few mins because I measure HRV first thing in the morning and second thing is the AM workout. (e.g. if HRV + then intensity, if HRV = then Z2, if HRV - then Z1, if HRV --- then day off)
Now a coach will absolutely be better than I would when it comes to picking key workouts to do before a race, and how to structure that over the course of a year. But from a day to day perspective, the coach would have to be pretty involved (read: expensive). I realize what I'm doing is self-coaching and adapting plans based on how the body is responding, and I rarely miss a workout unless the body/HRV is calling for it.
Or am I missing something?
Now a coach will absolutely be better than I would when it comes to picking key workouts to do before a race, and how to structure that over the course of a year. But from a day to day perspective, the coach would have to be pretty involved (read: expensive). I realize what I'm doing is self-coaching and adapting plans based on how the body is responding, and I rarely miss a workout unless the body/HRV is calling for it.
Or am I missing something?