Training Programs

Attached are your training and nutritional protocols for next week.  Please review each day’s notes and associated volume and intensity.  

Pulling Things Back Together

You have heard me say numerous times: “The individual who wins the race isn’t the fastest, but rather the individual that has made the least number of mistakes”.  Think about this statement.  You have watched a race transpire with a lot changes occurring the first 10 minutes of the race until the end of the race – why?  Because mistakes happen.  A mistake can be a skill mistake which causes the individual to lose a position in a race.  Or an individual can make a nutrition mistake early in a race but feel the effects of the mistake later in the race.

No one is immune to this situation; however, the experienced athlete always has a backup plan to pull things back together as soon as possible.  It is for this exact reason why you should continue to create a Blueprint of Success for EVERY workout.  During a workout, you have a clear understanding of the purpose/benefits along with the proper preparation and follow up.  If the results of the workout are not optimum, ask yourself what caused the outcome to differ from your desired goals/objectives of the workouts.

While creating a blueprint for a race, you need to have a backup plan for every situation that could go “wrong”.  If you do something technically wrong during your race, you have to mentally dismiss your mistake and immediately apply your backup tools.  With each race that you have the courage to start, you finish the race with experiences that will develop you both as a person and as a racer.

Being ready for anything and surprised by nothing is another tool to help you Work Smart, Not Hard and Avoid Overtraining!

Yours in sport & health,

-Coach Robb, Coaches and Staff

Thought for the week:

“Character is like a tree and the reputation is like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it. The tree is the real thing.”

– Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States