Getting to be Coach

Back to a running theme.....

In a couple weeks I will be running the Monumental Half Marathon, but I am also a coach for the race. This morning four of my runners headed out for a short 60-70 minute run. The long training is coming to end for a good many area runners. Today was the Indianapolis Half and Full Marathon. I had runners out there today as well. At the start of the training program, we had about 80 runners. No....it isn't down to 4, but that is who showed up today.

Today I talked about the taper, and the importance of having faith in the program. A training program brings you to a certain point, and then you have to believe it did what is was supposed to do. Whether you are training for a time, or simply to finish, you have to know that the plan you used was designed to help you. You have no control over the weather on race day, or what other may do around you. You have to know what your plan is, and remember to improvise if you need to.

All 4 runners understood what I told them, headed out, and each of them came back telling me how good they felt. Now they taper.

In the meantime I have a longish run this week, just I can make sure I am doing well with my training.

It's good to be da coach.

Charlie