It's official, I have a coach, Coach Bob.
He is a friend and coach of Angie Schmidt and I think she talked him into having an opening for me. He's been a coach for over 30 years and specializes in training cyclists and triathletes. He's certified through USA Triathlon and USA Cycling and also the the Head Cycling coach for Life Time Fitness.
I just learned today that he has worked with some of the best coaches in the industry including Joe Friel (who wrote a bunch of books; including Going Long - see first post). It's funny how small of a world it really is. I feel very fortunate to be working with him.
So what does he do?
The bulk of his job is to create my training/workout schedule. We use a website called TrainingPeaks as our main point of contact. We each have an account and he is linked as my coach so he posts workouts on my calendar with directions/instructions. After I complete them, I upload the data from my watch (or update manually - BORING) and then type in comments on how it went and answer any questions he had. After I complete my part; he gets an email that it has been updated and then he usually sends me an email with some kudos.
He is also there to answer any questions I may have. I will have some on race day nutrition that he will be able to answer.
Bob also is the one that leads the rides that I have gone to on Thursday nights.
What does it look like?
This is what last weeks schedule looked like. He usually only does 2 days out at a time. I don't know what my workout for Saturday or Sunday of this week is yet!
Here is a shot of what the workout instructions were like on Monday. I just fill in the post activity comments and the completed info on the left.
All pretty cool stuff. I'll get into a TrainingPeaks post another day.
