Lately....

things have been calming down a bit. For the most part most of my personal athletes have finished the season but are eager to plan for 2007. This is a good sign as it hsows that they are still motviated and not burnt out. I have a few in fact that our planning for 07 and 08. These are the athletes that I like to work with, the planners i call them. I have often said that coaches will attract and continue to work with athletes that they gel with. Athletes come and go but for the most part the successfu ones are the ones that gel with the coach and let the coach do their job. We are very fortunate in that we have very good athlete retention and we are even more lucky that we get to work with these great people year after year. This is due to our communication skills with the athlete, doing a good job of course in planning the workouts thus they get great results and from our (the coach) ongoing committment to learning the latest proven training methods and implementing them into the training. We have many great projects in the planning stages for 2007 so keep reading. I am also looking forward our training camps next year. What do you mean yo uhaven't signed up yet? What are you waiting for? You won't have as much fun or get more fit at home.
UPDATE: Kaia Blu is about to crawl and hopefully will go to the Crawling World Champs for under 1 years old. She will have to beat those Germans and also the Danish are looking good this year. We call them mini Danish! ahahaha C'mon nice clean humor. I like!!!!

I don't know

what to write this AM. i have a bold cup of 100% Kona in front of me but am drawing a blank. I have been on a high since having some athletes do really well in some recent races. It's great to see the hard work pay off.
today i have a busy one and won't see the baby till the afternoon. she is growing up quick. but it's all good as there are only 29 days left till vacation.

Intriguing

This is about things that intrigue me with regard to people's motivations, desires and goals within sport. What makes people want to feel pain or discomfort for 8-16 hours? Why do we feel it necessary to put ourselves through these challenges? It does not feel good while we are doing it or even right after. So why go through the pain. I believe for the most part athletes want to be seen as the best or just be seen. I know some athletes that do it for the personal challenge of bettering themselves but I think the vast majority of athletes do it to be part of a group, a click, a team if you will. How come so few athletes give credit to their wives, loved one's or even coaches when they do well. The significant others suffered as well. They lost sleep when the alarm goes off early so the spouse can go train at an ungodly hour. The coach puts effort, thought, preparation and hopefully a little heart into coaching the athlete but I only hear a few athletes who credit the wisdom that got them gleefully to the finish line, the proverbial end of the path! Intriguing is the athlete that competes not out of wanting to compete for themselves but to stay part of a group even though the specific race is not their desire. Intriguing is just a way saying that I am interested in the way the gears work in the heads of athletes. Intriguing is knowing that we might never know what makes these gears turn in others and in ourselves!

AHHHH home!!!

Kona was great fun but being home is really nice. same good bed, smiling baby and good family times. My training is pretty good for runing season and I am back in the gym working on my strength and agility. I ran 2x on sunday with an 11 miler in the AM and a 3.5 miler in the PM. I felt great and like focusing on a single sport now. Now I must add some tempo and threshold work and i should be good to go for a couple half mary's. Kaia Blu is n front of me sucking on a stuffed lion toy and flipping over. She is really fun now. Post a comment if you're reading!