I am back from a week vacation with close friends and my kids.  Sorry to be off the grid somewhat last week as well as the week prior – first Xmas solo.

That said – I am back excited for a new beginning in 2013 working with all of you on the best possible fitness, results, progression and achieving all your goals.  That starts with individual plans for all of you.  But that also means more narrative in all your training plans and more explanation of what I am looking for.  My goal for 2013 is staying focused on the core principles of my AIMP Coaching for you:

1) That I am doing the same training as you.  I also train the workouts you do – make the same observations and – race with all of you.  Whether triathlons, marathons or ultras – I do them all and continue to coach based on myself ‘doing it too’. With that it is my responsibility to educate and explain to you what the training means.

2) Your coaching is individual:  in order for you to get the best possible individual coaching, I need to understand you – with that I need feedback from you on what you observe in the training, not WHAT you did – but HOW it felt and what progression you are observing.  Our communication, teamwork and growth with this exchange of information, will hopefully continuously show you that you made a good coaching choice.  If we are only going one way (me delivering you workouts and you NOT giving me daily training feedback) – then we are not tapping into what I believe we can do together – nor are you getting all out of the coaching you are paying for.

3) Continue to deliver good coaching at a decent price.  I know my coaching is a lot cheaper than most elite coaches out there.  Very few other coaches have been out coaching as long as I have, while remaining solo (no assistant coaches or staff) and delivering the results:  whether at the Elite level (97 athletes to Kona in 10 years, 47 first timers) or many ultra finishers, marathon PRs, first time finishes in all distances of triathlon, ultra running, ultra triathlons like Ultraman or Triple Ironman, ultra-swimming etc. Of course I could charge more, but I want the value of my coaching to always exceed the price you pay.

I look forward to a great year with all of you.