Above this sentence is a nice photo that contains the tag line, “A Resource for Coaches and Athletes.” That’s the primary aim of this blog – to provide a resource for people passionate about running, a resource that is focused and mostly absent of drivel or BS. Two posts down from this one is a great conversation about a specific type of knee injury and some ideas on how to rehab it; it’s a question specific to distance running and the answers are specific to distance running, a combination that is hard to find on the web. We’re all indebted to the people that have posted comments (and will continue to post comments?!?!?!) because they’re the ones who’ve provided the information and their voices add a great deal of value to this site. I will keep facilitating that dialogue by answering emails and by simply posting the questions people email me and relying on the readership to provide the answers.…but I want to do something else with the blog. I want to use the blog as a place to post my thoughts on the training that I’ll analyze from the past year (ten months with Sara and close to eight with Renee) for three primary reasons.
First, this post season analysis is a must for any coach who wants to improve and by making it a feature/series on the blog I’ll be forced to do it a high level and devote time to it because I know you and the other readers will read it. Compare this to sitting down just one or two nights, looking at the training yet writing no notes and the contrast is obvious as to which approach is better for my coaching and the athletes I work with.
Second, the blog is a tool organize and archive this information, allowing me to go back and look up things when I have a question. Obviously I could do that on a computer, but again, if I’m going to do it then I might as well do it publicly and share my “coaching log” with others.
Finally, I want feedback via the comments. I want you to help me become a better coach by challenging my assumptions. Rhymnocerious, Jeff M., Mick G., Steve M., etc. all have the ability to see training errors and I appreciate their input.
The inherent problem with me using the blog to work through the training plan for the next year (and three years) is that it’s selfish. I will no doubt get more out of it than anyone else, though I appreciate that many of you will still read the blog. And the only way I can feel good about using the blog for my own evolution as a coach is to make a pledge to you that for every post written to help me, I’ll balance that with a post to help you.
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