The coaching relationship begins with us having a video chat so we can learn more about each other. I like to start with understanding your athletic history along with your short, medium and long term goals. Equally as important is the knowledge of time availability to train, equipment (bike trainers, pools, weights, HR monitors etc), and external factors such as work, family, travel, climate, diet etc. Finally we get into target races, recent training data and discussing a training plan.

After that, I will provide weekly customized training plans delivered through Training Peaks. These workouts will vary in intensity and duration to optimize the training and necessary recovery to meet your goals. But more importantly they will be tailored to fit YOU every week.

Feedback from the athlete is essential during this process to understand how you were feeling, external stressors, or the environment of the workout such as heat/humidity etc. so that I can monitor, provide feedback and continue to tailor your training.

I want regular communication, first through workout feedback, then with regular texts, emails and routine phone calls.