Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Power of data when coaching new athletes

This athlete came to me after struggling with another coach. He is 50, looking to do well at Ironman FL. He had all the run data from before, which helped me determine what the real course of action for improvement should be. Another reason data is key for successful training and racing. Check it out:


Coach Vance

3 comments:

Curt said...

What was the problem and what was the course of action?

Thanks.

Curt said...

What was the problem and what was the course of action? Thanks.

Jim Vance said...

He was regressing quite a bit in his run performances, and there was a clear plateau or regression in all his areas of performance. Now with a change in the training stimulus, specific to what he needed, he's back seeing gains.