My something to get better at:
-- Descending and turning on my tri bike. Yes, it will be a good 8 weeks before I get outside for a training ride, but since last summer this has been on my mind. I brake too hard too early on downhills, and always feel like I am going to take a spill on turns. That feeling is multiplied by about 100 when I'm in a race and descending and turning with a group of 10-20 other riders. I think I need private lessons for this, and is one of the few things I would spend money on for coacing services. Definitely need to get better at this before '09 tri season.
Something to Complain About:
-- Coaching high school athletes is like being on an emotional roller coaster sometimes. Conjure up the guy or girl you dated in high school that you really liked, but he/she just did not treat you well and nothing really ever seemed to click with them. High schoolers are up/down, at practice/mysteriously missing from practice even though they said they would be there, are committed to swimming/not committed to swimming, happy/grumpy, fast/slow, responding to taper/not responding to taper...and the list goes on. All of this is usually a cyclical pattern that keeps repeating itself weekly. I suppse that is why it is sooo sweet when a kid really "gets it" and commits to a plan...the pay off is beautiful, and I will just keep plugging away at them. I sure hope this is not what it's like being a mom...
Keep on keepin on!
ps---that's Ian Thorpe swimming in the pic...taken at the 2004 Janet Evans Invite at the Olympic Trials pool in Long Beach, CA.
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