Telling Your Guy He Can't run

One of the hardest things a coach can do is tell his athelete he shouldn't run. I had to tell Mark this yesterday after he had a seizure on the train coming home. When he has these his body hurts for days. I think the shock to the system really takes it toll on him

When I got to the hospital he was upset for many obvious reasons. One of them was he asked me what would he do about the 5K on Thursday? I told him he probably shouldn't run. He looked at me very sadly, and said, "But I worked so hard. Who will run with Jen?" Jen is his running buddy in No Boundaries.

I told him Jen would certainly understand. I also joked that there are more 5K's than you can shake a stick at.

Still I understood his pain. No runner likes to be told they can't run. We are a stubborn group of people who love running and racing. There will be other days and other races.

I am so sad for him today though.

Charlie