ahh see then you need a sport psychologist---cause youre being prevented from improving based on ego. Youre concerned about what others are going to say about you, react to you, how you'll be perceived etc. This is one of the toughest things I deal with--is dropping the ego. Its very vulnerable. You dont have to tell anyone you've got a coach or whom it is or that you pay $375 a month or thereabouts.
I think the question to ask yourself is what is my goal for triathlons----finish an oly dist race? and IM? qualify for kona? do a tri with an open water swim? etc. And then ask yourself do i know how to get myself there without wasting time, getting injured, peaking at the wrong time etc. I dont think many people know how to do that---i know i could be better at it, and thats why i got a coach. You dont have to get one coach or another. Heck you dont have to get one at all.
Depending on your goals, you could be successful without a coach, many people have. I doubt Dave Scott had a coach when he won kona back in '80. I know Carol Montgomery doesnt believe in them. But thats proabably the exception rather than the rule.
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