Comments for ALLAN PITMAN TRIATHLON COACHING http://www.aptriathlon.com Triathlon and Ironman coaching services Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:55:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Talk to me, I want to know how you’re going by Andrew Morris http://www.aptriathlon.com/2010/03/05/talk-to-me-i-want-to-know-how-youre-going/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Andrew Morris Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:55:05 +0000 http://www.aptriathlon.com/?p=375#comment-504 Thanks Allan , you just made me get my act together and send my coach an email as i have been self distructing heading into Port.He keeps asking you rite and i just say yep and head down bum up train hard kind of style. while exploding in the mind. Hope to see you in Port. Thanks Allan , you just made me get my act together and send my coach an email as i have been self distructing heading into Port.He keeps asking you rite and i just say yep and head down bum up train hard kind of style. while exploding in the mind.
Hope to see you in Port.

]]> Comment on You can’t please everyone by abi http://www.aptriathlon.com/2010/02/15/you-cant-please-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-501 abi Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:46:49 +0000 http://www.aptriathlon.com/?p=371#comment-501 I really can't see what she had to argue about. She was in the wrong lane, if you are passed more than once in one lap you should move over. Makes for a more pleasant swim for everyone. Anyway I enjoy reading your website. It keeps me sane while getting back into tri post baby. Abi Cambridge UK I really can’t see what she had to argue about. She was in the wrong lane, if you are passed more than once in one lap you should move over. Makes for a more pleasant swim for everyone.
Anyway I enjoy reading your website. It keeps me sane while getting back into tri post baby.

Abi Cambridge UK

]]> Comment on You can’t please everyone by Darren Carmody http://www.aptriathlon.com/2010/02/15/you-cant-please-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Darren Carmody Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:16:03 +0000 http://www.aptriathlon.com/?p=371#comment-500 Al, people do get there knickers in a twist at the pool. Last night here at our local Echuca indoor 50 we had an old guy doing breastroke in a lap lane. This is not a problem as we just go around the slower swimmers when we can safely do so. This guy though kept on moving to the right each time we went to go past thinking he was doing the right thing. I stopped to let him know just stay left and we will do the rest but he went off his nut and said if he was 50 years younger he would take me on. He starts splashing water my way and saying I am hanging shit on him. I said "mate" I'm not hanging shit I just want to be able to swim safely . He then tells me he's 77 and that 50 years ago I would not have been speaking to him this way. I said your right there I would not have even been a twinkle in the old mans eye!!!!!! This seemed to settle the issue and he left?? Al, people do get there knickers in a twist at the pool. Last night here at our local Echuca indoor 50 we had an old guy doing breastroke in a lap lane. This is not a problem as we just go around the slower swimmers when we can safely do so. This guy though kept on moving to the right each time we went to go past thinking he was doing the right thing. I stopped to let him know just stay left and we will do the rest but he went off his nut and said if he was 50 years younger he would take me on. He starts splashing water my way and saying I am hanging shit on him. I said “mate” I’m not hanging shit I just want to be able to swim safely . He then tells me he’s 77 and that 50 years ago I would not have been speaking to him this way. I said your right there I would not have even been a twinkle in the old mans eye!!!!!! This seemed to settle the issue and he left??

]]> Comment on The power within 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 [...]

]]> Comment on The power within 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.

]]> Comment on The power within 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

]]> Comment on The power within 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

]]> Comment on The power within 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!!

]]> Comment on The power within 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.

]]> Comment on Winners, even they lose now and then by Andrew Morris http://www.aptriathlon.com/2010/01/22/winners-even-they-lose-now-and-then/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Andrew Morris Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:39:53 +0000 http://www.aptriathlon.com/?p=365#comment-481 How true Allan, people tell me everyday to except that i wont be as good or as fast as i was before my illness, but i beleive and im planning on being stronger than before. Hope to catch up in Port. Livestrong Andy Morris:) How true Allan, people tell me everyday to except that i wont be as good or as fast as i was before my illness, but i beleive and im planning on being stronger than before.
Hope to catch up in Port.
Livestrong Andy Morris:)

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