Coach

Last year, as some of you may know, I went and paid a small fortune for a triathlon coach.  Lets just say it was less than ideal.  & to be honest, I stiffed her for the last $187.  Why you ask?  Because she totally sucked.  & it probably wasn't nice of me to admit that, but when you provide 50% of what you say you're going to provide, I think getting paid 90% is fair.

& I never do stuff like that, but what recourse did I have?  I can't call the Better Business Bureau.  & she lived in California, so good luck suing me.  Harsh?  Definitely!  But when you fly 3,000 to California to participate in a race & the so-called "coach" doesn't even call you the week of/day before/day of/day after the race, well, I wish I had stiffed her for a lot more than $187.  There was more to it than not calling me before the race, believe me, but I'm not going to get into how lame she was.

The biggest regret I have is that I didn't keep the workout plan.  It was loaded into a fancy online training log & once the race was over....POOF! the plan disappeared.  Yeah, so much for paying for that too.  My fault for not printing it out though.

Overall, I was not happy with the coaching I received, but I am willing to give it another try.  I did contact a trainer, to no avail, but I think I found someone good, through the Sandy Hookers, that can help me out!  I'm really interested in a training plan.  That worked out the best for me.  But this year.....I'm going to keep a copy!  Live & learn I guess.

I am 60% of the way to my goal of $2,500 for the MS fundraiser for the NYC triathlon.  So if you can spare a dollar or two, please feel free to donate to my race!  Here's the link!    http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Run/NYNGeneralEvents?px=9118691&pg=personal&fr_id=18329