What are your triathlon coaching needs?What are your triathlon coaching needs? That's a question that only you can answer. I know that's not what you want to hear, so I will help you figure it out. I'll ask you a couple of questions & if you answer them honestly you should have a pretty good idea about what you want from a triathlon coach. 1. Can you accomplish your triathlon race goals without a coach? If you answer yes to this one you definitely need to go to the next questions to be sure of what you want. 2. Are you the type of person that can take direction? If you say no to this, you are going to need to take extra time to be sure that you won't be wasting your money. 3. Do you have enough money to allocate to a coach? Triathlon is an expensive sport. You have to prioritize your expenditures carefully on the things that you need the most & the races that you want to do. It's unfortunate that it has to be that way but unless you have a big sponsor to foot your bills it's just a fact of life. 4. Have you decided that triathlon coaching is important enough to allocate money from your budget this season for you to spend it on a coach? Would the money you are about to spend on a coach be better used put toward a new bike? How about staying at a better hotel for your "Big Race"? How about a new wetsuit? This is the one question you have to answer for yourself. Only you know what the biggest priority is. 5. Are you fairly self motivated & can do a plan on your own without too much direction or do you need someone in person to push you? With all of the first four questions in mind this is the big one. Many people know what to do, but they just do it better when they have someone to answer to. Especially when they have spent a lot of money on that someone. So now with all of this in mind you can figure out just what your triathlon coaching needs are. Many triathlon coaches offer different program tiers so you should be able to find one that fits both your budget and needs. There are 2 things to now consider- 1. Are you the self motivated type as asked in #5? If so then you can make use of triathlon coaches from anywhere in the country because you you probably don't need face time and will do well with e-mail & phone contact. 2. Do you need that face time with your coach? If so you will have to look in your local area for your
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