Comments on: The power within http://www.aptriathlon.com/2010/02/09/the-power-within/ Triathlon and Ironman coaching services Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:06:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: You can’t please everyone | ALLAN PITMAN TRIATHLON COACHING http://www.aptriathlon.com/2010/02/09/the-power-within/comment-page-1/#comment-499 You can’t please everyone | ALLAN PITMAN TRIATHLON COACHING Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:32:28 +0000 http://www.aptriathlon.com/?p=367#comment-499 [...] on February 11, 2010 [...] [...] on February 11, 2010 [...]

]]> By: marie http://www.aptriathlon.com/2010/02/09/the-power-within/comment-page-1/#comment-497 marie Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:38:21 +0000 http://www.aptriathlon.com/?p=367#comment-497 this man is a bully and a coward going by his behaviour at Yeronga Pool this morning towards me, a gentle swimming grandmother who happened to get in his way. Julia, he has nothing to teach you, find someone who treats people with respect. this man is a bully and a coward going by his behaviour at Yeronga Pool this morning towards me, a gentle swimming grandmother who happened to get in his way. Julia, he has nothing to teach you, find someone who treats people with respect.

]]> By: AP http://www.aptriathlon.com/2010/02/09/the-power-within/comment-page-1/#comment-496 AP Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:17:46 +0000 http://www.aptriathlon.com/?p=367#comment-496 Julia Just stay in the moment, have a plan for food and drink, just be patient. Treat it like a long day at work. If you had to load 300 logs onto a big truck, you'd pace yourself, you wouldn't throw the first 20 logs on real fast and then slow down. You'd probably aim to be the same pace at the start as you'd be at the end. It is a long time trial. Al Julia
Just stay in the moment, have a plan for food and drink, just be patient. Treat it like a long day at work. If you had to load 300 logs onto a big truck, you’d pace yourself, you wouldn’t throw the first 20 logs on real fast and then slow down. You’d probably aim to be the same pace at the start as you’d be at the end. It is a long time trial.
Al

]]> By: Julia http://www.aptriathlon.com/2010/02/09/the-power-within/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Julia Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:04:14 +0000 http://www.aptriathlon.com/?p=367#comment-495 "To move ahead, to get what you want out of this sport, you have to trust your coach. Keep in mind, if you’re successful, you make him/her look good. You should both be working in the same direction. The moment you start to doubt whether or not you’re on the right path, you’re lost. It’s over. " Thanks for reminding me of that. I definitely do trust my coach. But sometimes doubt creeps in when I hear of others who are doing different training. I got to stop doing that and focus on the TRAINING that MY COACH has set ME. Everyone has different goals and everyone is at a different place in their development as an athlete. I'm doing IM NZ in less than 4 weeks. Now is not the time to start panicking and doubting my preparation and what I have or havne't done. It's my first Ironman and a) I'm not allowed to have a time goal (other than to finish in the 17:00) and b) I want to ENJOY the experience because c) I am 99% sure I will want to do more after the first one. Love your work Allan. It's really helping me grow, mentally, as an ironman. Thanks “To move ahead, to get what you want out of this sport, you have to trust your coach. Keep in mind, if you’re successful, you make him/her look good. You should both be working in the same direction. The moment you start to doubt whether or not you’re on the right path, you’re lost. It’s over. ”

Thanks for reminding me of that. I definitely do trust my coach. But sometimes doubt creeps in when I hear of others who are doing different training. I got to stop doing that and focus on the TRAINING that MY COACH has set ME. Everyone has different goals and everyone is at a different place in their development as an athlete. I’m doing IM NZ in less than 4 weeks. Now is not the time to start panicking and doubting my preparation and what I have or havne’t done. It’s my first Ironman and a) I’m not allowed to have a time goal (other than to finish in the 17:00) and b) I want to ENJOY the experience because c) I am 99% sure I will want to do more after the first one.

Love your work Allan. It’s really helping me grow, mentally, as an ironman. Thanks

]]> By: Andrew McMahon http://www.aptriathlon.com/2010/02/09/the-power-within/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Andrew McMahon Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:50:09 +0000 http://www.aptriathlon.com/?p=367#comment-490 AP - thought provoking stuff - thanks. Although I am just at the beginning, this rings so true - how often in training do we find ourselves lethargic, just not in the groove, or our head is still at work or delving into our love lives! Well I do - but I have surprised my self recently by just pushing through, just a bit, and then a bit more, and then next minute I am 1hr later and still riding - some days it works, others it doesn't. A great saying from Janine Shepherd that I use as a mantra some days is "Inch by Inch its a Sinch!! AP – thought provoking stuff – thanks. Although I am just at the beginning, this rings so true – how often in training do we find ourselves lethargic, just not in the groove, or our head is still at work or delving into our love lives! Well I do – but I have surprised my self recently by just pushing through, just a bit, and then a bit more, and then next minute I am 1hr later and still riding – some days it works, others it doesn’t. A great saying from Janine Shepherd that I use as a mantra some days is “Inch by Inch its a Sinch!!

]]> By: Jeff Collier http://www.aptriathlon.com/2010/02/09/the-power-within/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Jeff Collier Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:35:11 +0000 http://www.aptriathlon.com/?p=367#comment-489 Totally agree Alan as I call it racing with action and not concerntrating on the end gain/finish line.As athletes if we can simply concerntrate on the actions of our body and not get absorbed in what others are doing we will experience the goal that we are trying to achieve. Totally agree Alan as I call it racing with action and not concerntrating on the end gain/finish line.As athletes if we can simply concerntrate on the actions of our body and not get absorbed in what others are doing we will experience the goal that we are trying to achieve.

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