Races... yay!!!

We all love races but how do you adjust your plan if it didn't include the bunch of cool ones you want to add to your season in the first place? 

Step 1: Read this blog on How Peaking Works and give the new races a priority designation. Next follow the guidelines below. 

How to adjust your plan when the unexpected (or life) happens!

Occasionally we will all miss a session or two: illness strikes, work takes over, or your long lost aunt Betty arrives to visit completely out of the blue. That's life and happens to all of us from time to time so the first thing to remember is that it's not the end of the world to miss a few sessions now and then (just try not to do it too often!) 

The important question is how do we get back on track? Here are a few helpful guidelines for getting back to training after various derailments have happened. 

I've seen a lot of things change over the years of coaching and racing. Lots of things have changed for the good, we have great technology, shared information, coaches, platforms, equipment. Some things have changed for the worse. One of these is a modern prevailance for unrealistic expectation, and the way that this has created an inability, or reluctance, to celebrate and enjoy our progression in sport. In my early days of racing I had goals and ambitions and these were set against a realistic understanding of where I was an athlete, and an ability to be stoked any time I showed improvement. This was normal, my friends were all the same, and all the athletes I worked with, supported or coached, throughout the 90s and early 2000s seemed to share this perspective.