I’ve been coaching a friend the last couple months as he trains for Ironman. I have really enjoyed the challenge of conveying my knowledge to others. I also just wrote the training plan for the BYU triathlon club and I’m really excited to see it put into practice.
I have found that as I teach others it pushes me to a new level of knowledge. As I’m training these peers I research the training topics more and am more carful about structuring workouts for others than I often have been for myself.
For my freind who is training for Ironman, I give him swim help sessions about once a week. He is improving a lot but doesn’t necissary see it. As an outsider I can see his improvement more objectively.
For the BYU triathlon club it is harder to get a one on one approach, but I’m really excited about the general training plan I wrote. Most training plans are pretty simple and watered down. This plan is updated weekly with specific workouts and includes a pretty good overveiw of what the season will look like. You can find a link to it here.
