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Monday, August 17, 2009

Self Coached

Pete and I have decided to part ways for now, but the split was amicable! He's such a helpful coach, even though he is no longer my coach. We just couldn't get things to gel in the last couple of weeks and decided I should give it a go on my own for marathon training. I'm nervous and excited. He gave me some excellent tips and advice on how to create my own schedule. His advice, combined with a schedule I found written by Joe Rubio (runningwarehouse.com co-owner and Aggies Running Club coach) should get me running strong and keep me injury free ... knock on wood.

Since I have a enough base to build upon and work with, I'll start official training next week. This is going to be interesting!

Now if only I could get rid of this cold... it left, and now it's back. :(

3 comments:

L.A. Runner said...

No one knows you better than yourself. Good luck w/ your training. I've found self-coaching to be very empowering. I'm sure you'll find the same! Hope your cold feels better.

Anonymous said...

I know that you will do great GB!

gaj

Drs. Cynthia and David said...

I suspect you know enough to come up with your own training program just fine. You'll be more likely to be tuned into your own progress/feelings and able to modify the plan on the fly too, since you are reporting to yourself! We'll be eager to see what you come up with!

Cynthia