Nice Race! You're Not Done Yet.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 5:25AM Hopefully you got to witness a fantastic race within a race during this year's Boston Marathon. Zentri's own coached athlete MangoRunner squared off against his arch-nemesis, SpeedySasquatch. This thing had people so motivated, I was ready to sign up for the next 15 Boston's myself.
They were evenly matched and alas, Mango came in just 2 minutes behind his competition and the both finished just a hair over three hours. Absolutely awesome running performance in a world-class venue.
I told Mango great job, and don't forget that he's not done untill he writes down his experiences. Every race is practice for the next. If you want to do better, you need to record what went right, wrong, what you should change, and what you should keep. Write it down and keep it in your training log for next time.
As for being his coach for this particular race, I could care less if he beat or lost to another guy. Once you're going long, this stuff is really all about you and seeing how far and fast you can go. Running Boston in 3:05:59 puts Mango within the bracket of Armstrong speed. Very nice, indeed.
Reader Comments (1)
Brett did an awesome job coaching me through training and the race itself. Having a coach allowed me to get objective data on my training and also a skilled eye on my training. A week before this race we did a google chat to talk about race strategy. He is an incredible coach and a good friend. We both have big goals for this year. Thanks Brett!