I have exhausted my knowledge base with regards to training and I think I need assistance to move to the next level. This discussions on this site have helped convince me of the value of a coach. However, I'm not looking for someone to just send me a notebook of workouts. I need a coach that will get to know me and my specific training needs and contraints.
Does anyone have a recommendation of this type of coach in the Sacramento, CA area?
I work with a coach not in
I work with a coach not in my area, and feel he still knows me and my training needs and constraints. Sometimes I think he remembers my schedule better than I do! He does send me workouts, but also pays attention to my reports of them, and knows my history well and addresses my limiters in training. I don't find it necessary to have some one local for all of that. Sure, for swim technique it can be helpful, but sending a video can be as well. I have gone the local route, and couldn't feel I wasted my money any more than I do -- so not worth it, although it was the local guy! I guess I'm just saying that if you are not finding some one local who is "right" for you (someone you feel you will learn from and communicate well with) looking elsewhere is not as bad as it might sound.