WHAT THEY SAY

Below is a letter written to Larry upon completion of an individual reaching their goal.

Larry,

I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated your coaching and guidance over the past 12 weeks.  When we spoke in June, I told you that I wanted to get back into shape and participate in my first triathlon.   You helped me accomplish both goals - with the results surpassing my wildest expectations.  

The detailed daily work out plan you laid out for me at the beginning of my training (and the tweaks made throughout) was spot on.  You identified my strengths and weaknesses and helped me improve on both.  You also tuned into my competitive nature early on and helped reign it in so I wouldn’t burn out, peak too early, or suffer an injury before my race.  Most importantly, you were mindful of my arthritic hip and limited my running.  I am happy to report that my hip did not act up once all summer!

In addition to the training plan, I can not express how much your encouragement, insight, positive feedback and motivation helped me throughout my training, especially on race day.   I’m extremely proud that I didn’t quit on Saturday.  It would have been very easy for me to throw in the towel when I panicked and tanked the swim portion of the triathlon, but I didn’t, and a lot of that has to do with you.   I battled hard and ended up with a very respectable finish for my first triathlon.    I have to tell you, I thought you were out of your mind during the last 2 weeks of my training when you told me to start meditating daily and think about every aspect of the race from beginning to end.  I did it begrudgingly, but have to admit, it helped me tremendously.         

Finally, you had asked me several weeks ago if I felt like a triathlete and I said not yet.  Well, I can proudly say that, yes Larry, I am a triathlete.

Thank you for everything!

Rich Noel