Today I was FIRED by my Tri Coach for breaking the TRUST bond.
I found HER on the internet and she seemed to be well qualified to coach so I signed up with her and have been for about 3 months. She is strictly an Internet coach as we do not live in the same state, she was to take me to the next level and prepare me for IM Florida. Things were going good, no complaints and I really liked her, so one day I emailed her the rest of my scheduled races that I intend to race ending with IM Florida. I dont hear otherwise so I sign up for my next race, a local sprint race, now keep in mind I am recovering from an ITB issue that seems to be licked as I only run on grass these days. About 3 weeks out she emails me and say that Im thinking that your next race can be a sprint in July, well this is a different race than the one that im signed up for, so I just blow it off, well as time goes by I get the itch to race again and this local sprint race is comming up and Im feeling really good so I race it, I view it as just another workout anyway and I was hoping on a personal best and wanted to surprise my coach, so I race and have a personal best on the swim, Im feeling good and was having a great bike when I got a flat half way, race over.
Well there was no good news to report so I waited a couple of days then told her about what I did and what happened, Im an honest guy, sometimes too honest and I dont like to lie so rather than have her find out about it someother way I tell her about it and she gets reallly pissed and fires me.
I was stunned by her reaction but accepted it and am ready to move on and not dwell on it. Her main point was that I broke the trust between us by racing the sprint race and therefore she could never trust me again, I felt that if she was willing to drop me like this at the drop of a hat then I didnt want her services either so at this point its kinda mutual.
In retrospect I guess im guilty of racing a race without my coaches blessing and for that Ill man up and accept responsibility but is this grounds for Termination, I can see an oly or half iron, but a little sprint race, I just dont get it.
Snifles again :))))))
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I have horrible back problems but I have zero problems staying in an aero position for 180k. Why? Because I ride steep and because I train regularly in that position. Simple as that.....Gerard
I found HER on the internet and she seemed to be well qualified to coach so I signed up with her and have been for about 3 months. She is strictly an Internet coach as we do not live in the same state, she was to take me to the next level and prepare me for IM Florida. Things were going good, no complaints and I really liked her, so one day I emailed her the rest of my scheduled races that I intend to race ending with IM Florida. I dont hear otherwise so I sign up for my next race, a local sprint race, now keep in mind I am recovering from an ITB issue that seems to be licked as I only run on grass these days. About 3 weeks out she emails me and say that Im thinking that your next race can be a sprint in July, well this is a different race than the one that im signed up for, so I just blow it off, well as time goes by I get the itch to race again and this local sprint race is comming up and Im feeling really good so I race it, I view it as just another workout anyway and I was hoping on a personal best and wanted to surprise my coach, so I race and have a personal best on the swim, Im feeling good and was having a great bike when I got a flat half way, race over.
Well there was no good news to report so I waited a couple of days then told her about what I did and what happened, Im an honest guy, sometimes too honest and I dont like to lie so rather than have her find out about it someother way I tell her about it and she gets reallly pissed and fires me.
I was stunned by her reaction but accepted it and am ready to move on and not dwell on it. Her main point was that I broke the trust between us by racing the sprint race and therefore she could never trust me again, I felt that if she was willing to drop me like this at the drop of a hat then I didnt want her services either so at this point its kinda mutual.
In retrospect I guess im guilty of racing a race without my coaches blessing and for that Ill man up and accept responsibility but is this grounds for Termination, I can see an oly or half iron, but a little sprint race, I just dont get it.
Snifles again :))))))
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I have horrible back problems but I have zero problems staying in an aero position for 180k. Why? Because I ride steep and because I train regularly in that position. Simple as that.....Gerard