Hi Y'all,
As most of y'all know I am currently learning how to be running coach and so far it has been an inspiring, motivational and insightful journey. Not only do you work on your own running techniques but you get to work on how to learn others how to run. In order to do so you need so much more than just a basic understanding of running. We get to work on heart rate tests, anatomy (of a running body in action even), injuries and injury prevention, how to design specific training modules and how to teach running in real life by designing lessons and teaching your fellow running coach program buddies.
We get together on Saturdays for this course and we sit down for about an hour and a half to discuss homework assignments like physiology, anatomy, training principles, heart rate tests and so on. Half of the time my head starts spinning after an hour because the science of training athletes is a fast one and there are so many scientific researches out and so many different outcomes that it is not an easy task to keep up. But I'm trying and I can already see that I am trying to find my way based on science and my own experiences. After the theoretical part we get out either in Vondelpark or at the tracks of the olympic stadium in Amsterdam and than we teach different parts of one full lesson to each other. In total we are working out for another hour and a half after which I am hungry like hell most of the time. Runger...it is a thing. Trust me!
The fall class I am in challenges and inspires me to overcome fears and to try my own limits and because of that I am becoming a better athlete. Since I started this program I have become faster and I feel more comfortable as a runner. Since I started interning on two beginners groups I can see that I am not a beginner or a somewhat advanced runner and that I should stop referring to myself as such. It isn't helpful to me nor true and it isn't fair to the runners I am coaching.
Yesterday I sat down to take a good look at the year I have planned for myself and the races I want to run. It took me about two hours to make a year plan (macro cycle) and now that I have done that I am working on my goals per race (meso cycle). What do I want to do? The most important things for me are to built more strength and become faster. I want to run a sub hour 10k and I want to run a sub 5 hour marathon. I vowed to run this year's Antwerp 10 miles in 1 hour 42 minutes maximum which is way faster than I ever ran this race. Being fast has never been on my priority list but I am starting to see just how my body is changing and what it is capable of. I can see that the only thing holding me back in running is me and though I have said it before I'm just beginning to see what I might accomplish if I have the guts to feel each and every inch of them.
What is it like to become a running coach? It's a whole lot of work but you're willing to fully do what it takes it is an awesome thing. You will learn far more than you thought you would and you will become a better athlete yourself and with that you will become a better coach to your runners.
Ooh and if y'all like you can catch up with me here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marley_runs/?hl=en
Twitter: @vaneun
That's it for now, until we read again
As always, Love Marlies
As most of y'all know I am currently learning how to be running coach and so far it has been an inspiring, motivational and insightful journey. Not only do you work on your own running techniques but you get to work on how to learn others how to run. In order to do so you need so much more than just a basic understanding of running. We get to work on heart rate tests, anatomy (of a running body in action even), injuries and injury prevention, how to design specific training modules and how to teach running in real life by designing lessons and teaching your fellow running coach program buddies.
We get together on Saturdays for this course and we sit down for about an hour and a half to discuss homework assignments like physiology, anatomy, training principles, heart rate tests and so on. Half of the time my head starts spinning after an hour because the science of training athletes is a fast one and there are so many scientific researches out and so many different outcomes that it is not an easy task to keep up. But I'm trying and I can already see that I am trying to find my way based on science and my own experiences. After the theoretical part we get out either in Vondelpark or at the tracks of the olympic stadium in Amsterdam and than we teach different parts of one full lesson to each other. In total we are working out for another hour and a half after which I am hungry like hell most of the time. Runger...it is a thing. Trust me!
The fall class I am in challenges and inspires me to overcome fears and to try my own limits and because of that I am becoming a better athlete. Since I started this program I have become faster and I feel more comfortable as a runner. Since I started interning on two beginners groups I can see that I am not a beginner or a somewhat advanced runner and that I should stop referring to myself as such. It isn't helpful to me nor true and it isn't fair to the runners I am coaching.
Yesterday I sat down to take a good look at the year I have planned for myself and the races I want to run. It took me about two hours to make a year plan (macro cycle) and now that I have done that I am working on my goals per race (meso cycle). What do I want to do? The most important things for me are to built more strength and become faster. I want to run a sub hour 10k and I want to run a sub 5 hour marathon. I vowed to run this year's Antwerp 10 miles in 1 hour 42 minutes maximum which is way faster than I ever ran this race. Being fast has never been on my priority list but I am starting to see just how my body is changing and what it is capable of. I can see that the only thing holding me back in running is me and though I have said it before I'm just beginning to see what I might accomplish if I have the guts to feel each and every inch of them.
What is it like to become a running coach? It's a whole lot of work but you're willing to fully do what it takes it is an awesome thing. You will learn far more than you thought you would and you will become a better athlete yourself and with that you will become a better coach to your runners.
Ooh and if y'all like you can catch up with me here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marley_runs/?hl=en
Twitter: @vaneun
That's it for now, until we read again
As always, Love Marlies
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